Table 2 Chemical composition of maize shoot powder and its fractions
Sample | Sugars (% dm) | Ash | Proteins | Acetyl | Lignin | CA | FA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Ara | Xyl | Glc | Gal | Uronic acids | (%dm) | (% dm) | (% dm) | Klason Lignin (% dm) | Thio yield (µmol.g−1 KL) | S/G | (mg.g−1 dm) | (mg.g−1 dm) | |
M | 66.3 | 2.8 | 20.6 | 38.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.58 | 3.48 | 4.74 | 18.50 | 777.5 | 1.04 | 17.24 | 6.19 |
Mc- | 67.2 | 2.7 | 22.1 | 38.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 2.61 | 2.17 | 3.75 | 19.01 | 823.5 | 0.92 | 19.00 | 6.79 |
Mc +  | 68.2 | 2.5 | 22.4 | 39.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 2.10 | 2.20 | 5.05 | 19.56 | 999.0 | 1.00 | 20.41 | 6.79 |
Mm- | 67.6 | 3.4 | 22.3 | 37.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.01 | 2.42 | 3.98 | 14.79 | 748.5 | 0.90 | 12.54 | 5.19 |
Mm +  | 65.7 | 2.6 | 20.1 | 38.4 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 2.42 | 4.41 | 4.25 | 16.58 | 828.5 | 1.08 | 15.87 | 6.03 |
Mf- | 67.3 | 3.6 | 19.8 | 37.6 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 3.38 | 3.70 | 4.06 | 15.43 | 720.5 | 1.28 | 15.37 | 5.70 |
Mf +  | 64.7 | 2.9 | 17.9 | 37.9 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 1.85 | 4.56 | 4.84 | 14.52 | 918.5 | 1.42 | 20.28 | 6.49 |