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. 2015 Apr;28(4):530–537. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0692

Table 4.

Effects of flavonoid-rich included plant extracts on gas production and gas profiles during 72 h incubation

	Treatments						SEM	p-value

	Control	Pomegranate	Birch	Ginkgo	Camellia	Cudrania tricuspidata
	---------------------------------------------- Total gas (mL/g DM) ---------------------------------------
6 h	142.9^ab	143.0^ab	143.7^a	144.0^a	144.0^a	142.0^b	0.46	0.061
12 h	170.3^b	179.1^a	181.1^a	179.2^a	177.1^a	175.5^ab	2.02	0.033
24 h	218.9 ^a	221.0 ^a	220.3 ^a	220.4 ^a	220.4 ^a	219.5 ^a	2.33	0.989
48 h	258.5 ^b	272.2 ^a	237.8 ^c	277.9 ^a	245.1 ^c	275.5 ^a	3.97	<.0001
72 h	274.3^b	294.9^a	237.8^c	278.1^b	245.1^c	276.8^b	3.18	0.006
	---------------------------------------------------- CH₄ (mL/g DM) ------------------------------------------
6 h	1.70 ^a	1.63 ^a	2.09 ^a	1.57 ^a	1.60 ^a	1.47 ^a	0.26	0.610
12 h	6.24^a	6.25^a	5.46^a	5.59^a	5.63^a	5.47^a	0.45	0.632
24 h	15.87^a	8.31^b	9.59^b	8.46^b	8.27^b	8.12^b	1.35	0.010
48 h	29.90^ab	22.81^ab	16.99^b	32.91^a	22.61^ab	35.70^a	5.20	0.170
72 h	39.64^ab	44.96^a	30.16^c	40.27^ab	35.82^bc	37.69^abc	2.36	0.017
	---------------------------------------------------- CO₂ (mL/g DM) -----------------------------------------
6 h	19.73^a	16.55^ab	18.90^ab	15.42^ab	16.04^ab	14.81^b	1.72	0.384
12 h	44.08^a	52.74^a	48.39^a	49.05^a	49.75^a	48.43^a	3.37	0.643
24 h	77.47^a	59.12^a	74.65^a	64.28^a	67.89^a	62.48^a	9.23	0.705
48 h	102.1^ab	109.0^ab	74.99^d	93.65^bc	78.14^cd	116.6^a	5.41	0.001
72 h	104.4^a	115.6^a	103.9^a	110.5^a	107.81^a	100.5^a	6.30	0.613

SEM, standard error of the mean; DM, dry matter.

^a–d

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).