Corecovery of Bio-Oil and Fermentable Sugars from Oil-Bearing Biomass

Table 1

Weight percent fermentable sugars recovered from safflower whole seeds pretreated with [C2mim][Ac]-MeOH at 64, 100, and 120°C. Yields are reported relative to weight of whole seed.

wt% [C2mim][Ac]	Safflower whole seed (wt% glucose, xylose)^a
	64°C		100°C		120°C
	glucose	xylose	glucose	xylose	glucose	xylose
45%	11.8 (0.1)	3.1 (0.0)	13.7 (0.2)	5.4 (0.5)	15.4 (0.4)	7.3 (0.2)
60%	—	—	—	—	16.4 (0.5)	7.3 (0.4)
70%	11.2 (0.3)	3.5 (0.0)	15.4 (0.3)	7.0 (0.1)	17.4 (0.2)	8.0 (0.2)
80%	—	—	—	—	17.3 (0.3)	7.6 (0.1)
100%	12.1 (0.0)	3.5 (0.2)	14.5 (0.2)	5.9 (0.2)	16.7 (0.2)	7.5 (0.1)

aThe reported values are averages of at least two samples. The values in brackets are the deviations of the measured values from the mean.