Table 4.
Effect of steaming time and species of sawdust on carbohydrate content

Species of sawdust	Steaming time (min)	(%, dry weight)
		Arabinose	Xylose	Mannose	Galactose	Glucose	Total carbohydrates*
		Pine sawdust	0	0.5 ± 0.2 a**	3.2 ± 0.1 a	0.8 ± 0.1 a	1.5 ± 0.2 a	26.8 ± 0.3 a	32.8 a
	10	trace	2.3 ± 0.2 b	0.8 ± 0.2 a	0.5 ± 0.1 c	26.3 ± 0.1 ab	29.9 b
	20	trace	2.3 ± 0.3 b	0.6 ± 0.1 ab	0.8 ± 0.2 b	26.5 ± 0.4 ab	30.2 b
	30	trace	2.3 ± 0.4 b	0.4 ± 0.1 b	0.4 ± 0.1 c	26.2 ± 0.1 b	29.3 b
Oak sawdust	0	0.9 ± 0.3 a	10.0 ± 0.8 a	3.0 ± 0.2 a	1.5 ± 0.2 a	29.7 ± 0.2 a	45.1 a
	10	0.4 ± 0.1 b	9.1 ± 0.4 a	2.4 ± 0.3 b	0.8 ± 0.1 b	28.9 ± 0.2 b	41.6 b
	20	0.3 ± 0.1 b	9.2 ± 0.2 a	2.1 ± 0.1 b	0.7 ± 0.1 bc	28.7 ± 0.1 b	41.0 b
	30	0.3 ± 0.2 b	9.2 ± 0.4 a	2.0 ± 0.3 b	0.5 ± 0.1 c	29.7 ± 0.3 a	41.7 b

Total carbohydrate : arabinose + xylose + mannose + galactose + glucose
Mean separation within columns each species by Duncan’s multiple range test at p = 0.05