. 2024 Sep 10;10(18):e37737. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37737

Table 1.

Chemical composition of cashew apple by-products from Sudanian and Sudano-Guinea zones of West Africa.

Item	DM	CP	EE	Ash	NDF	ADF	ADL	NSC	ME
	%	% DM							MJ/kg
Sudanian Zone
Whole	14.46^C	6.87^BC	1.85^C	2.95^B	16.13^B	16.60^C	8.68^AB	72.19^AB	7.23
Up	19.75^B	6.17^C	1.81^C	2.44^BC	11.26^C	17.04^C	9.80^AB	78.32^A	6.90
Down	12.76^C	8.49^AB	2.63^B	3.89^A	18.47^B	20.28^B	10.40^AB	66.56^B	7.51
Middle	14.88^C	6.04^C	1.49^C	2.60^BC	10.40^C	14.94^C	8.03^B	79.46^A	7.00
Pomace	26.10^A	9.48^A	3.94^A	2.11^C	31.66^A	30.14^A	11.52^A	52.79^C	7.02
Sudano-Guinea Zone
Whole	11.24^BC	8.77^C	2.33^C	2.38^B	18.28^C	22.14^C	12.38^B	68.24^A	7.40
Up	16.38^B	8.68^C	2.35^C	2.26^B	18.36^C	21.39^C	11.60^B	68.34^A	7.77
Down	7.41^C	10.15^B	3.11^B	3.11^A	23.82^B	28.63^B	13.49^B	59.81^B	7.53
Middle	8.80^C	8.33^C	3.03^B	2.41^B	20.97^BC	21.02^C	10.83^B	65.26^AB	7.15
Pomace	22.98^A	14.03^A	4.94^A	1.60^C	34.12^A	33.54^A	17.47^A	45.29^C	7.36
P value
Z	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0007	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0315
Var	0.5685	0.8624	0.5628	0.0517	0.4614	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.6192	0.0120
BP	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0002	<0.0001	0.3441
Z $*$ BP	0.6594	0.1100	0.4426	0.0083	0.0002	0.0406	0.3244	0.0255	0.3468
MSE	6.2940	1.2746	0.4498	0.0315	2.9881	2.4680	3.9229	1.3326	0.2997

DM: dry matter, CP: crude protein, EE: ether extract, NDF: neutral detergent fiber, ADF: acid detergent fiber, ADL: acid detergent lignin, ME: estimated metabolizable energy, Var: variety, Z: zone, BP: by-product, NSC: non-structural carbohydrate (NSC = 100 – (%NDF + %CP + %EE + %Ash), Z $*$ BP: Zone $*$ By-products interaction. MSE: mean square error. Along the column, for each zone, different letters indicate the statistical differences (p < 0.05).