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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Monosaccharide composition of the cork of Quercus variabilis, in % of total neutral monosaccharides detected by GC and, for comparison, of that of Quercus suber [8]

From: Cellular structure and chemical composition of cork from the Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)

Monosaccharide

Q. variabilis

Q. suber

Glucose

42.8

45.4

Mannose

4.0

3.2

Galactose

9.0

5.1

Rhamnose

1.2

0.8

Xylose

27.5

32.3

Arabinose

15.4

13.2