Table 1 Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs): CHN composition(a).

From: Eco-friendly streamlined process for sporopollenin exine capsule extraction

Treatment

Carbon

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

conditions

(%)

(%)

(%)

Untreated

65.4 ± 0.3

9.5 ± 0.1

1.30 ± 0.0

Acetone-6 h

65.6 ± 0.1

9.3 ± 0.0

1.33 ± 0.0

Alkaline lysis-6 h

62.8 ± 0.3

8.9 ± 0.0

1.10 ± 0.0

Alkaline lysis-12 h

62.5 ± 0.1

8.9 ± 0.0

0.91 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-5 h

61.5 ± 0.2

8.2 ± 0.0

0.22 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-10 h

61.8 ± 0.1

8.1 ± 0.0

0.21 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-20 h

62.9 ± 0.3

8.4 ± 0.0

0.19 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-30 h

63.6 ± 0.1

8.6 ± 0.0

0.15 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-60 h

62.1 ± 0.2

8.0 ± 0.1

0.15 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-90 h

62.1 ± 0.6

8.0 ± 0.1

0.13 ± 0.0

Acidolysis-120 h

61.1 ± 1.4

8.2 ± 0.1

0.13 ± 0.0

Commercial

65.6 ± 0.3

6.1 ± 0.1

0.18 ± 0.0

  1. (a)CHN analysis performed in triplicate and reported as average values with standard deviation.