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Table 5 In vitro gas production, ammonia nitrogen, and true dry matter digestibility of incubated plants in a culture medium

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

Plant species

bgas

cgas

gas12

gas24

gas48

gas72

NH3-N

TDMD

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

Dracocephalum moldavica L

30.1cd

30.3d

0.026f

0.026g

7.77d

8.25d

11.3f

12.5f

20.9d

21.6f

24.3c

25.2e

24.0de

21.0d

73.4d

70.2b

Melissa officinalis L

16.6f

16.1g

0.034ef

0.036f

5.27e

5.90e

7.62g

8.05g

11.7e

12.0g

14.5d

15.2f

30.3ab

27.3b

65.3e

66.3c

Ruta graveolens L

35.8ab

36.1b

0.064cd

0.065d

17.5bc

18.5c

27.7b

28.3b

33.7b

34.2b

36.0b

36.0b

28.5b

25.0c

82.3b

83.0a

Perovskia abrotanoides Kar

23.7e

24.2f

0.108a

0.106a

17.2bc

17.3c

19.2d

20.1d

22.3d

23.3e

25.0c

24.8e

23.4e

21.2d

59.0f

59.2d

Cichorium intybus L

33.5bcd

33.2c

0.072bc

0.075bc

19.3b

20.2b

23.8c

24.7c

29.8c

28.5d

34.4b

33.3d

22.2e

18.5e

57.2f

59.2d

Borago officinalis L

29.4d

28.0e

0.030f

0.034fg

8.90d

9.47d

14.9e

15.5e

21.1d

21.8ef

26.7c

26.2e

26.1cd

24.2c

74.9d

71.2b

Peganum harmala L

33.8bc

33.4c

0.086b

0.084b

22.2a

21.4ab

27.5b

26.2c

31.5bc

29.5cd

33.9b

33.8cd

31.2a

27.3b

86.8a

81.7a

Teucrium polium L

39.9a

39.1a

0.072bc

0.071cd

21.8a

22.4a

31.1a

30.5a

38.3a

37.6a

40.0a

39.7a

26.3c

27.0b

66.1e

57.5c

Medicago sativa

36.0ab

36.7b

0.050de

0.053e

16.6c

17.2c

24.6c

25.8c

29.0c

30.8c

34.6b

35.5bc

30.8a

31.7a

79.3c

81.0a

SEM

1.37

1.33

0.005

0.005

1.18

1.14

1.51

1.44

1.53

1.44

1.48

1.43

0.66

0.77

1.93

1.71

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. bgas potential gas production (ml/200 mg DM), cgas fractional rate of gas production (%/h), gas 12, 24, 48, and 72 h cumulative gas production after 12, 24, 48, and 72 h incubation (ml/200 mg DM), NH3-N ammonia nitrogen (mg/dl), TDMD true dry matter digestibility (%, 24 h incubation), SEM standard error of the mean