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Table 2 Effect of starch determination method on starch content in grain legumes#

From: Methodological impact of starch determination on starch content and ileal digestibility of starch in grain legumes for growing pigs

 

Starch content, g/kg DM

P-value

Species

polarimetric

enzymatic

 

Pisum sativum

509 ± 8.0aC

390 ± 8.0bC

<0.001

Vicia faba

438 ± 8.0aB

345 ± 8.0bB

<0.001

Lupinus spp.

82 ± 8.8A

<1.1*A

<0.001

  1. #LSmeans ± standard error of the means
  2. Abbreviations: DM dry matter
  3. a,bWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)
  4. A,B,CWithin a column, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)
  5. *values were below the detection limit of 1.1 g/kg DM
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891