Research Article
Microwave Assisted Alkali Pretreatment of Rice Straw for Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility
Table 5
Chemical composition of rice straw after pretreatment.
| S. number | Characteristics of rice straw | NaOH-microwave pretreatment (%) |
| 1 | Cellulose | 40.5 ± 2.2 | 2 | Hemicellulose | 14.2 ± 1.9 | 3 | Lignin | 4.1 ± 0.2 | 4 | Ash | 13.9 ± 0.1 |
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