Table 3 Klason lignin and acid-soluble lignin contents (%) of eight different treatment bamboo specimens [results are mean ± SE (standard error), n = 9]

22.3 ± 0.2^ab

1.7 ± 0.0

21.8 ± 0.3^b

1.6 ± 0.0

23.1 ± 0.2^a

1.6 ± 0.1

23.0 ± 0.5^a

1.4 ± 0.1

20.0 ± 0.4^c

1.9 ± 0.1

19.7 ± 0.1^c

1.7 ± 0.1

21.2 ± 0.2^b

2.2 ± 0.0

20.8 ± 0.4^bc

2.2 ± 0.1