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

Table 3

Weight percent fermentable sugars (relative to weight of whole seed) released from safflower whole seed pretreated with the co-solvent [C2mim][MeSO₄]-MeOH.

Wt%; [C2mim][MeSO4]	Safflower whole seeds (wt% glucose, xylose)^a
	64°C		100°C		120°C
	glucose	xylose	glucose	xylose	glucose	xylose
45%	10.5	2.3	9.9	2.4	—	—
70%	10.8	2.3	11	2.2	10.6	2.5
100%	—	—	—	—	11.5	2.2

aThe reported values represent repeated HPLC measurements that have been verified to vary by no more than four percent of the reported values.