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Table 5 The pH and buffering capacity (mEq×10− 3) parameters of some agricultural crop mesocarps

From: In vitro ruminal-microbial fermentation pattern: nutritional insights about some agricultural crop mesocarps (peel) in ruminant nutrition

Item

Acid-base buffering capacity

Titratable alkalinity

Base-buffering capacity

Titratable acidity

Acid-buffering capacity

pH

Watermelon

171e

212d

60.0d

251b

111d

5.46c

Galia melon

267a

342b

104a

262b

163a

5.70b

Rockmelon

167e

217d

60.8d

221c

106d

5.43c

Til sabz

197d

195e

48.3e

143e

148b

4.97e

Til atashi

141f

195e

50.6e

167d

90.0e

5.14d

Cucumber

248b

231c

76.9c

365a

171a

6.00a

Eggplant

221c

359a

85.6b

94f

136c

4.80f

SEM

9.52

14.47

4.19

18.6

6.36

0.087

p-value

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. Means within each column followed by a common letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05.
  2. Til sabz and Til atashi are the local names of two Iranian melons (Cucumis melo L.).
  3. SEM: standard error of the mean.