Microwave Assisted Alkali Pretreatment of Rice Straw for Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility

Table 4

Predicted and experimental reducing sugar obtained under optimum conditions.

Pretreatment in combination with microwave	Control^a (μg/mL)	Predicted (μg/mL)	Measured^b (μg/mL)	Increasing rate (%)
NaOH	72	1324	1334 ± 15.2	1752

aRice straw used in control was untreated.
^bMean ± standard deviation of five replicates.