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. 2012 Apr 19;2012:984249. doi: 10.1100/2012/984249

Table 2.

Chemical composition of dried cashew nut testa1.

Item DCNT (g kg−1) Maize (g kg−1)
Dry matter 905 890
Crude protein 190 88.0
Crude fibre 103 22.0
Ether extract 20.1 38.0
Ash 20.2 13.0
Calcium 5.6 0.2
Phosphorus 1.9 2.8
Potassium 1.5 3.0
Magnesium 5.8 1.2
Tannins 1.8
Metabolizable energy (MJ kg−1)2 7.12 14.02

1The values are the means of three samples.

2Estimated using the formula of NRC [16].