Oil palm EFB ®bre was obtained from Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. Its chemical composition (% dry weight, w/w) is the following: cellulose 42.0%, hemicelluloses 30.9%, lignin 14.2%, ash 2.8%,extractives 0.1%, ethanol solubles 2.1% (mainly on dis-solved lignin), and hot water solubles 8.0% (mainly on dissolved hemicelluloses).