A hybrid pretreatment strategy for delignification of Aloe vera processing waste and its effectiveness towards saccharification

Table 1. Proximate and structural component analysis of AVLR biomass.

Characterization	Values (%, w/w)
Proximate parameters
Moisture^a	94.53 ± 0.001
Ash^b	15.69 ± 0.016
Volatile solid^b	84.31 ± 0.016
Biochemical parameters
Cellulose^b	46.00 ± 0.760
Hemicellulose^b	18.50 ± 0.240
Lignin^b	13.95 ± 0.450

The values are average of triplicate experiments and the standard deviation is represented as (±) calculated from mean and three independent trials; a – wet weight basis; b – dry weight basis