Sweet sorghum bagasse was procured in the year 2009
from the decentralized sweet sorghum crushing-cum-syrup
making unit of the experimental farms of International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT) located at Ibrahimabad village, Medak district,
Andhra Pradesh, India. Pure cellulose and lignin was procured
from Sigma Chemicals, USA and all other chemicals
and solvents used were of analytical or reagent grade
purchased from Rankem Fine Chemicals Limited, New
Delhi, India.