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Table 2 Mineral composition of some range plant species in 2019 and 2020

From: A study on the nutritional characteristics of some plants and their effects on ruminal microbial fermentation and protozoa population

Plant species

Ca

P

Na

K

Mg

Mn

Fe

Zn

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

Dracocephalum moldavica L

11.6c

12.3b

5.00c

4.80c

1.00d

0.94d

17.9e

17.1e

11.5a

12.4a

47.2d

44.1c

191b

193bc

43.1c

38.4c

Melissa officinalis L

1.39e

1.46de

6.43ab

7.50a

2.67c

2.52c

22.7c

23.6c

9.99b

10.33b

75.3a

85.3a

385a

323a

51.1b

48.2b

Ruta graveolens L

1.25e

1.15e

1.75f

1.68f

5.65b

5.74b

17.6e

16.6e

4.73d

4.90d

65.5c

73.0b

80.2d

73.3e

24.3e

24.0e

Perovskia abrotanoides Kar

5.07d

4.92c

1.38f

1.03g

0.39f

0.41f

12.6g

12.1g

2.60f

2.73f

34.3f

31.2e

92.3d

110de

34.6d

31.3d

Cichorium intybus L

2.43e

2.33d

4.20d

4.75c

0.72def

0.79d

19.7d

20.1d

3.26e

3.40e

39.1e

37.4d

67.0d

69.3e

34.0d

32.0d

Borago officinalis L

4.16d

4.44c

5.77b

6.23b

0.68def

0.73de

28.9a

28.4a

3.32e

3.45e

46.5d

45.0c

146c

83.0e

73.3a

75.7a

Peganum harmala L

24.2b

23.5a

4.60cd

4.12d

15.8a

14.7a

15.9f

14.8f

8.29c

7.93c

69.1b

72.3b

166bc

156cd

15.0f

13.9f

Teucrium polium L

13.6b

11.8b

7.17a

7.67a

0.47ef

0.47ef

8.88h

8.08h

2.41f

2.44f

33.4f

29.7e

190b

217b

46.3bc

41.5c

Medicago sativa

11.9c

12.8b

2.97e

3.22e

0.80e

0.84d

25.5b

26.5b

1.66g

1.83g

20.6g

22.2f

145c

125de

17.4f

20.5e

SEM

1.41

1.37

0.38

0.44

0.93

0.87

1.20

1.24

0.67

0.71

3.43

4.16

17.8

16.4

3.42

3.39

p-value

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

  1. Means with different letters among the same row indicate significant differences according to the p-value presented
  2. Ca calcium (g/kg DM), P phosphorus (g/kg DM), Na sodium (g/kg DM), K potassium (g/kg DM), Mg magnesium (g/kg DM), Mn manganese (mg/kg DM), Fe iron (mg/kg DM), Zn zinc (mg/kg DM), SEM standard error of the mean