Since the use of biomass in biochemical industries is to replace the carbon source, an accurate measurement of carbohydrate content is of therefore of utmost importance. The total structural carbohydrate content in this study was found to be 57.6 ± 5% with glucan (42.8 ± 3.1%) as the major structural carbohydrate followed by xylan (12.5 ± 2.5%) and arabinan (2.3 ± 0.9%). Glucan can be comparable with cellulose since both represent C6 structural carbohydrate while xylan and arabinan can represent hemicellulose since they are C5 structural carbohydrate..