Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 1 Proximate composition of water hyacinth biomass (WHB) comparable with earlier literatures

From: Sustaining ethanol production from lime pretreated water hyacinth biomass using mono and co-cultures of isolated fungal strains with Pichia stipitis

Content	Present study [g 100 g⁻¹DM]	Previous literature
Content	Present study [g 100 g⁻¹DM]	[g 100 g⁻¹DM] [[8]]	[g 100 g⁻¹DM] [[12]]	[g 100 g⁻¹DM] [[32]]
Moisture (%)	92.8	-	-	-
Ash	15.4	20.0	-	20.0
Crude protein	13.3	18.0	10.2	18.0
Crude fibre	18.2	-	-	-
Cellulose	20.2	25.0	19.02	25.0
Hemicellulose	34.3	35.0	32.69	35.0
Lignin	4.4	10.0	4.37	10.0

DM, dry matter.

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