Degradation of Lignocelluloses Cocoa Shell (Theobroma cacao L.) by Various Types of Mould Treatments

Table 1

Characteristics of cocoa shell.

Treatment	Moisture (wt%)	Lignin (wt%)	Cellulose (wt%)	Hemicellulose (wt%)
Cocoa shell	13.67	17.20	31.87	48.26
Trichoderma viride	4.52^b	9.17^a	24.67^a	38.89^a
Neurospora sitophila	4.46^b	12.24^b	25.46^b	40.27^b
Aspergillus niger	4.42^b	15.02^c	27.60^c	42.38^c
Rhizopus oryzae	4.11^a	16.47^d	29.77^d	45.24^d

Treatment marked with the same letter showed no significant difference at 5% level according to the Duncan test.