“…3(b), peaks were observed at 3302 cm À1 , 2921 cm À1 , 1644 cm À1 , 1420 cm À1 , and 1025 cm À1 corresponding to O-H stretching, CH 2 asymmetric stretching, CQO stretching, C-H bending, and a merged band of C-O-C symmetric stretch and OH bending frequency, respectively. 30 SOLB extract is mainly composed of reducing sugars and lignin. From Fig.…”