. 2023 Jul 29;9(8):e18688. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18688

Table 1.

Proximate analysis of M. koenigii pulp of different maturity stages, leaf and seed.

Samples	Moisture %	Fat %	Crude fiber %	Crude protein %	Ash %	Carbohydrates %
Stage 1	81.71 ± 0.43^a	3.47 ± 0.07^c	0.30 ± 0.18^e	3.89 ± 0.04^c	9.03 ± 0.06^a	1.67 ± 0.14^e
Stage 2	81.92 ± 0.06^a	3.35 ± 0.03^c	0.39 ± 0.16^e	3.87 ± 0.05^c	9.06 ± 0.06^a	1.39 ± 0.13^e
Stage 3	80.16 ± 0.04^a	6.43 ± 0.03^a	1.02 ± 0.04^d	2.32 ± 0.21^d	8.84 ± 0.12^a	1.21 ± 0.21^e
Stage 4	76.55 ± 0.03^b	5.35 ± 0.05^b	1.13 ± 0.08^d	2.16 ± 0.03^d	8.74 ± 0.03^a	6.05 ± 0.07^d
Stage 5	75.90 ± 0.03^b	2.58 ± 0.03^d	1.65 ± 0.09^c	2.06 ± 0.05^e	8.65 ± 0.04^a	9.15 ± 0.16^c
Stage 6	74.55 ± 0.04^c	1.51 ± 0.05^e	1.84 ± 0.04^c	1.62 ± 0.07^f	6.82 ± 0.03^b	13.64 ± 0.15^b
Leaf	55.81 ± 1.84^d	5.42 ± 0.29^b	6.96 ± 0.16^a	8.04 ± 0.12^a	8.78 ± 0.59^a	14.97 ± 1.63^b
Seed	43.98 ± 0.86^e	2.36 ± 0.04^d	3.28 ± 0.15^b	4.80 ± 0.08^b	3.85 ± 0.11^c	41.70 ± 0.67^a

Data are expressed as mean values (average of three replicates n = 3); Mean values with different superscripts within each column indicate statistically significant (p < 0.05 Tukey test).