Yes, we have analysed the product. It is about 95% arabinoxylan. The main impurities are ash and protein (plus a few percent water). Your low value with acid hydrolysis is undoubtedly due to the conversion of the pentose sugars to furfural during the acid hydrolysis. This is a problem with acid hydrolysis of these types of polysaccharides.
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