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Table 3 Buffering capacity (mEq × 10–3) of some 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

pH

Titratable acidity

Acid-buffering capacity

Titratable alkalinity

Base-buffering capacity

Acid–base buffering capacity

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

Dracocephalum moldavica L

5.22f

5.15e

315b

299b

189a

199a

176c

164c

46.7c

42.6c

235a

242a

Melissa officinalis L

5.72b

5.76a

277d

257c

120e

117c

98.2f

107e

30.0ef

33.0d

150e

150d

Ruta graveolens L

4.85g

4.88f

172f

178d

142c

169.8b

224a

205a

54.0b

49.9b

196c

220b

Perovskia abrotanoides Kar

5.37e

5.43c

134g

148e

59.3h

65d

95.2f

104e

26.2g

29.3e

85.5g

94.5e

Cichorium intybus L

5.42d

5.41c

140g

128f

70.4g

64.4d

115e

106e

32.1e

29.6e

102f

94.0e

Borago officinalis L

5.79a

5.74a

344a

285b

130d

108c

126d

140d

39.3d

42.9c

169d

151d

Peganum harmala L

5.59c

5.63b

300c

327a

150b

164b

183b

164c

53.6b

48.7b

204b

212b

Teucrium polium L

5.23f

5.32d

133g

132ef

73.7g

73.0d

109e

114e

29.1f

31.1de

103f

104e

Medicago sativa

5.82a

5.75a

195e

196d

107f

112c

187b

179b

58.8a

55.7a

166d

168c

SEM

0.051

0.048

13.6

12.4

6.82

7.90

7.51

6.01

1.99

1.61

8.23

8.99

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

  1. Means with different letters among the same row indicate significant differences according to the p-value presented
  2. SEM standard error of the mean