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Table 1 Carbohydrates and lignin in cereal grains (g/kg DM)a, b

From: Structures and characteristics of carbohydrates in diets fed to pigs: a review

Items

Corn

Wheat

Barley

Oats

Rye

Sorghum

Polished rice

Triticale

Total MBG

1

10

41

28

17

1

0.4

7

Total AX

47

73

84

97

95

24

26

85

A:X

0.74

0.62

0.48

0.22

0.66

1.23

–

0.71

Starch

680

647

587

468

613

585

837

727

Resistant starch

10

4

55

54

12

162

3

–

Cellulose

20

18

43

82

14

14

3

21

Lignin

11

18

35

66

21

24

8

20

Pectin

11

3

3

–

–

19

3

–

Dietary fiberc

 Total dietary fiber

127

131

81

73

13

103

13

–

 Insoluble dietary fiber

119

126

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Soluble dietary fiber

8

5

–

–

–

–

–

–

  1. aAll values except values for dietary fiber were adapted from McCleary and Glennie-Holmes [63], Bach Knudsen [48], Bailoni et al. [64], Izydorczyk and Biliaderis [50], Bach Knudsen [30], NRC [17], Bach Knudsen [42], and Cervantes-Pahm et al. [37]
  2. bMBG mixed linked β-glucan, AX arabinoxylan, A:X arabinose to xylose ratio
  3. cValues for dietary fiber were adapted from Cervantes-Pahm et al. [37], Jaworski et al. [65], Navarro et al. [66], Navarro et al. [67]