The alkaline pretreatment appeared to be essential since there was no improvement whatsoever in the enzymatic hydrolysis of untreated samples (sugar cane bagasse acid cellulignin) with increasing enzyme loads (25–150 FPU/g solids).
The alkaline pretreatment appeared to be essential sincethere was no improvement whatsoever in the enzymatic hydrolysisof untreated samples (sugar cane bagasse acid cellulignin) withincreasing enzyme loads (25–150 FPU/g solids).