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Table 2 Fermentable sugars in PMFJ in comparison to other typical energy plants

From: Paper mulberry fruit juice: a novel biomass resource for bioethanol production

Plant type

Total fermentable sugar (g/L)

Dominant fermentable sugar

References

Paper mulberry

161.7

Glucose and fructose; 99%

Current study

Sweet sorghum

96–170

Sucrose; 45–81%

(Luo et al. 2014; Barcelos et al. 2016; Rolz et al. 2019; Yue et al. 2021; Jebril et al. 2021a, 2021b)

Sugar cane

151–220

Sucrose; 83–91%

(Silva et al. 2017; Thammasittirong et al. 2017; Solís-Fuentes et al. 2019; Vu et al. 2020)

Sugar beet

104–270

Sucrose; 87–96%

(Gumienna et al. 2014; Marzo et al. 2019; Zicari et al. 2019; Bahrami et al. 2020; Garofalo et al. 2020; Hoffmann et al. 2021)