They have found it possible to work up the corn cobs into glucose and xylose by heating with acid. |
All attempts to obtain a crystallisation of xylose from the solution neutralised, filtered, and evaporated, failed. |
The pretreated fiber contains sugars, mainly arabinose and xylose and some glucose. |
These include the common sugars glucose, xylose, galactose, rhamnose, and arabinose. |
However, such conditions also result in the formation of furfurals from glucose and xylose. |
The major sugars were glucose, xylose, galactose, and arabinose, while uronic acid, rhamnose, mannose, and fucose represented the minor sugars. |