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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin composition in Japanese cedar, Japanese beech, and rice lignocellulose diet samples

From: The effects of various lignocelluloses and lignins on physiological responses of a lower termite, Coptotermes formosanus

Samples

Lignocellulose composition (%)a

Cellulose

Hemicelluloses

Lignin

Japanese cedar sapwood

44.14 ± 0.46

30.16 ± 0.62

23.92 ± 2.00

Japanese beech sapwood

41.48 ± 0.72

35.77 ± 0.67

19.60 ± 0.37

Rice straw

39.52 ± 0.97

26.94 ± 2.27

15.02 ± 0.47

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aValues are mean ± SD (n = 3)