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Table 1 Chemical composition (g/100g DM) of raw and differently processed Tomentosa nilotica, Dioclea reflexa and Monodora myristica seed meals

From: Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of some selected under-utilized tropical seeds as protein sources in ruminants’ diet

Seed

Processing methods

Dry matter

Crude protein

Crude fibre

Fat

Neutral detergent fibre

Acid detergent fibre

Acid detergent lignin

Tomentosa nilotica

Raw

88.16 ± 0.28a

30.35 ± 0.67a

12.66 ± 0.48ab

21.67 ± 0.98b

30.48 ± 0.08b

20.10 ± 0.76b

9.62 ± 0.78b

Dioclea reflexa

84.40 ± 0.51b

18.97 ± 0.59b

13.70 ± 0.32a

22.30 ± 0.01a

29.60 ± 1.18b

20.75 ± 0.61b

10.10 ± 1.98a

Monodora myristica

89.20 ± 0.33a

16.37 ± 0.85c

11.00 ± 0.18b

22.40 ± 0.07a

40.00 ± 0.50a

25.30 ± 0.78a

9.65 ± 0.52b

Tomentosa nilotica

Boiled

89.21 ± 0.58a

32.03 ± 0.22a

9.20 ± 0.08c

19.00 ± 0.05ab

39.83 ± 0.88b

34.30 ± 4.74a

17.50 ± 2.42a

Dioclea reflexa

87.03 ± 0.33b

20.05 ± 0.67b

12.20 ± 0.07a

18.20 ± 0.18b

34.33 ± 0.82c

23.98 ± 0.88b

16.94 ± 3.51b

Monodora myristica

89.90 ± 0.42a

17.90 ± 0.33c

10.05 ± 0.13b

19.50 ± 0.08a

50.20 ± 0.28a

33.95 ± 2.56a

13.04 ± 1.08c

Tomentosa nilotica

Soaked

81.30 ± 0.54c

27.58 ± 1.02a

11.00 ± 0.21b

20.10 ± 0.38a

36.02 ± 0.66b

20.10 ± 1.53b

11.20 ± 0.15b

Dioclea reflexa

89.20 ± 0.48a

18.20 ± 2.18b

11.70 ± 0.51a

18.02 ± 0.28b

35.20 ± 0.58b

20.75 ± 0.88b

11.30 ± 0.38b

Monodora myristica

83.60 ± 0.51b

14.70 ± 1.11c

9.10 ± 0.35c

18.95 ± 0.22b

47.20 ± 0.54a

25.30 ± 0.38a

14.00 ± 0.47a

Tomentosa nilotica

Roasted

90.90 ± 0.57a

33.23 ± 0.97a

13.00 ± 0.18b

16.60 ± 0.58b

38.90 ± 0.91b

26.00 ± 0.78b

12.86 ± 0.16b

Dioclea reflexa

86.50 ± 0.34b

22.96 ± 0.58b

13.00 ± 0.61b

16.10 ± 0.55b

36.10 ± 0.85c

24.90 ± 0.98c

11.02 ± 0.51c

Monodora myristica

90.50 ± 0.18a

18.60 ± 0.76c

13.90 ± 0.55a

18.00 ± 0.48a

49.20 ± 0.48a

33.05 ± 0.54a

15.90 ± 0.33a

 

p value

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

  1. a,b,cMeans within the same row with different superscripts are significantly (p < 0.05) different. n = 3