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. 2014 Jun;27(6):862–870. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2014.14015

Table 3.

The chemical composition in the by-products of brown seaweed, seaweed fusiforme, fermented brown seaweed and fermented seaweed fusiforme

Chemical composition (% DM) Treatment

BS FBS SF FSF
CP 17.38 18.41 18.41 20.04
Ether extract 0.57 0.85 0.11 0.12
Carbohydrate2 29.84 45.13 40.73 49.20
Crude ash 28.42 20.22 16.63 15.04
Ca 0.93 1.27 0.87 0.93
P 0.28 0.37 0.11 0.12
Fe 0.59 0.98 1.43 0.16
Zn 0.24 0.31 0.15 0.17
Mg 0.69 0.01 0.01 0.01
K 0.63 0.41 0.32 0.36
Na 0.72 0.55 0.16 0.22

DM, dry matter; BS, brown seaweed by-product; FBS, fermented brown seaweed by-product; SF, seaweed fusiforme by-product; FSF, fermented seaweed fusiforme by-product; CP, crude protein.

2

Calculated value = [Sample 100 g−(moisture+CP+ether extract+crude ash)]/100 g×100.