Table 1. Characteristics of sisal leaf and sisal fibre waste. All values are the average of three replicates, except for the NDF and ADF which were obtained from duplicate measurements. |
Parameter |
Sisal leaf |
Sisal fibre |
pH |
5.6 |
nd |
Total solids, TS (%) |
14.3 |
91.6 |
Volatile solids, VS (% of TS) |
82.3 |
92 |
Neutral detergent fibres (NDF)a |
75.7 |
89.6 |
Acid detergent fibres (ADF)a |
52.6 |
71.6 |
Lignina |
5.5 |
8.6 |
Cellulosea |
47.1 |
63 |
Hemicellulosea |
23.1 |
18 |
a % of TS |
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