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Bitter gourd (Mormordica charantia), aerial part, fresh

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Dry matter % as fed 15       1  
Crude protein % DM 18.7   10.3 27.5 4  
Crude fibre % DM 25.3       1  
Neutral detergent fibre % DM 35.3       1  
Acid detergent fibre % DM 31.2       1  
Lignin % DM 1.5       1  
Ether extract % DM 3.4   3 3.7 2  
Ash % DM 16.7   15.4 17.9 2  
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 17.3       1 *
               
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Alanine g/16g N 3.9       1  
Arginine g/16g N 5.9       1  
Aspartic acid g/16g N 11       1  
Cystine g/16g N 0.9       1  
Glutamic acid g/16g N 12.8       1  
Glycine g/16g N 4       1  
Histidine g/16g N 2.1       1  
Isoleucine g/16g N 4       1  
Leucine g/16g N 6.8       1  
Lysine g/16g N 5.3       1  
Methionine g/16g N 1.2       1  
Methionine+cystine g/16g N 2.1         *
Phenylalanine g/16g N 4.3       1  
Phenylalanine+tyrosine g/16g N 6.3         *
Proline g/16g N 3       1  
Serine g/16g N 3.2       1  
Threonine g/16g N 2.9       1  
Tyrosine g/16g N 2       1  
Valine g/16g N 5       1  
               
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Calcium g/kg DM 16.8   9 20.8 3  
Phosphorus g/kg DM 6.2   3.7 8.1 4  
Potassium g/kg DM 15.2   0.4 37 3  
Sodium g/kg DM 0.91   0.22 2.2 3  
Magnesium g/kg DM 2.3   0.3 4.4 2  
Sulfur g/kg DM 5.4       1  
Manganese mg/kg DM 70   13 156 4  
Zinc mg/kg DM 138   14 355 4  
Copper mg/kg DM 18   8 32 4  
Iron mg/kg DM 162   8 380 3  
               
Secondary metabolites Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
Tannins (eq. tannic acid) g/kg DM 0.1       1  
Oxalates g/kg DM 0       1  
               
In vitro digestibility and solubility Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
In vitro DM digestibility (pepsin) % 53       1  
               
Ruminants nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
OM digestibility, ruminants % 72.5         *
Energy digestibility, ruminants % 69.3         *
DE ruminants MJ/kg DM 12         *
ME ruminants MJ/kg DM 9.5         *
               
Rabbit nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb  
DE rabbit MJ/kg DM 7.5         *
MEn rabbit MJ/kg DM 6.7         *
Energy digestibility, rabbit % 43.7         *
Nitrogen digestibility, rabbit % 94.3         *

The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.

References

Ayoola et al., 2010; Bakare et al., 2010; Krishna, 1985; Krishna, 1985; Nuwanyakpa et al., 1983; Sulaiman et al., 2018

Last updated on 13/09/2021 15:04:10

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Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia)
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