water spinach (#2592)
| ID-number | #2592 |
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| Material | water spinach |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ grass/plant ▸ other plants |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Submission date | 2003-04-11 |
| Literature | N. N. X. Dung, L. H. Manh and P. Uden: Tropical fibre sources for pigs--digestibility, digesta retention and estimation of fibre digestibility in vitro. Animal Feed Science and Technology 102(1-4) (2002) 109-124. |
Values
| Property | Unit | Value | Std dev | Det lim | Lab | Date | Method | Remarks | ||||||||||||
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| ar | dry | daf | ||||||||||||||||||
Main biomass properties |
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Proximate analysis |
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| Moisture content | wt% (ar) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ash content | wt% | 13.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ultimate analysis (macroelements) |
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| Total (with halides) | wt% | 13.70 | 0.00 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Biochemical analysis |
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Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin |
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| Cellulose | wt% (dry) | 17.70 | van Soest | |||||||||||||||||
| Hemicellulose | wt% (dry) | 4.70 | van Soest | |||||||||||||||||
| Lignin | wt% (dry) | 10.90 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
Other |
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| Lipids | wt% (dry) | 9.20 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Protein | wt% (dry) | 30.20 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ash + biochemical | wt% (dry) | 86.40 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||