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. 2024 Feb 28;14(5):750. doi: 10.3390/ani14050750

Table 2.

Proximate composition and antioxidant content of hemp seeds and dried fruit pomace (dried blackcurrant pomace: DB; dried rosehip pomace: DR).

Hemp Seed DB DR p-Value
Proximate composition (% of DM)
Dry matter (DM, %) 94.67 ± 1.02 88.24 ± 1.47 92.20 ± 0.89 0.204
Crude protein (CP) 23.93 a ± 1.08 11.37 b ± 1.03 9.23 b ± 0.59 ˂0.001
Ether extract (EE) 31.86 a ± 1.54 4.03 c ± 0.28 12.11 b ± 0.67 ˂0.001
NDF (neutral detergent fiber) 54.08 a ± 2.44 32.85 b ± 2.38 38.73 b ± 2.12 0.046
ADF (acid detergent fiber) 31.25 ± 1.88 28.13 ± 1.22 32.46 ± 1.76 0.317
Antioxidant content
α-tocopherol (µg/g) 20.05 a ± 0.97 6.64 b ± 0.81 22.16 a ± 1.32 ˂0.001
β-carotene (µg/g) 4.13 c ± 033 9.39 b ± 0.54 18.17 a ± 0.88 ˂0.001
Total phenols (mg GAE/g) 6.41 c ± 0.33 19.32 b ± 1.12 24.47 a ± 1.09 ˂0.001

a–c Means within a row with different superscripts are different (p < 0.05).