Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Carbohydrate contents and composition in MWL diet samples prepared from Japanese cedar, Japanese beech, and rice

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

Carbohydrates	Content (%)^a
Carbohydrates	Japanese cedar	Japanese beech	Rice
Hemicellulosic sugars^b
Arabinan	0.03 ± 0.00	0.05 ± 0.00	0.75 ± 0.07
Xylan	0.04 ± 0.00	0.95 ± 0.03	4.39 ± 0.50
Mannan	0.16 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.01
Galactan	0.11 ± 0.00	0.11 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.01
Glucan	0.07 ± 0.01	0.31 ± 0.01	1.31 ± 0.13
Cellulosic glucan	7.99 ± 1.47	9.50 ± 2.99	9.14 ± 1.49

SD standard deviation
^aValues are mean ± SD (n = 3)
^bDetermined as trifluoroacetic acid-hydrolyzable sugars

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