Microwave Assisted Alkali Pretreatment of Rice Straw for Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">S. number</td><td align="center">Characteristics of rice straw </td><td align="center">NaOH-microwave pretreatment (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="center">Cellulose </td><td align="center">40.5 ± 2.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">2</td><td align="center">Hemicellulose </td><td align="center">14.2 ± 1.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left">3</td><td align="center">Lignin </td><td align="center">4.1 ± 0.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">4</td><td align="center">Ash </td><td align="center">13.9 ± 0.1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Chemical composition of rice straw after pretreatment.

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Table 5: Microwave Assisted Alkali Pretreatment of Rice Straw for Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility 