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Table 1 Chemical composition and fatty acids profile of dietary components and CAL

From: Dietary Coleus amboinicus Lour. decreases ruminal methanogenesis and biohydrogenation, and improves meat quality and fatty acid composition in longissimus thoracis muscle of lambs

Item

Grass Silage

Concentrate

CAL

Dry matter content, g/kg

416

889

919

Chemicals composition, g/kg DM

 Ash

86.9

71.9

153

 Organic matter

913

928

847

 Crude protein

187

203

214

 Ether extract

20.6

38.0

43.3

 aNDF

456

238

405

Fatty acids, g/100 g FA

 C14:0

0.90

0.20

0.45

 C16:0

19.9

16.3

18.7

 C18:0

5.88

3.71

4.35

 C18:1 cis- 9

8.80

23.7

2.50

 C18:2 cis- 9. cis- 12

14.4

42.7

10.8

 C18:3 cis- 9 cis- 12 cis- 15

36.1

9.20

45.1

 ∑ Other FA

13.9

4.23

18.1

  ∑ SFA

30.1

21.4

26.0

  ∑ UFA

69.9

78.6

74.0

  ∑ MUFA

14.3

26.2

14.8

  ∑ PUFA

55.5

52.5

59.2

  ∑ n-6 FA

17.7

43.0

12.3

  ∑ n-3 FA

37.8

9.42

46.9

  1. CAL C. amboinicus Lour., DM dry matter, aNDF NDF analyzed with α-amylase, FA fatty acids, SFA saturated fatty acids, UFA unsaturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids