In earlier investigations
carried out by our group, it was found that the ethanol production
obtained from leaf juice was relatively low, 2.72% v/v
(volume of ethanol per volume of fermentation broth) when fermentation
was performed with Cicy-Ki, in comparison with 6–8%
obtained in the Mexican sugar industry, where fermentations are
carried out with the yeast S. cerevisiae and molasses used as substrate.
When S. cerevisiae was used to ferment henequen leaf juice,
an ethanol production of 4–5% v/v was obtained.