. 2016 Feb 24;29(4):500–508. doi: 10.5713/ajas.15.0402

Table 2.

Effect of Momordica charantia saponin (MCS) inclusion on in vitro gas production parameters of maize stover

Item	MCS (mg/mL)					SEM	MCS effect

	0	0.01	0.06	0.30	0.60		Linear	Quadratic	Cubic
V_F (mL)	44.99 ^a	49.44 ^a	49.44 ^a	44.51 ^a	19.72 ^b	2.199	^***	^***	NS
k (1/h)	0.07 ^b	0.06 ^b	0.05 ^b	0.06 ^b	0.15 ^a	0.009	^***	^***	NS
FRD₀ (/h)	0.04 ^b	0.03 ^b	0.04 ^b	0.04 ^b	0.15 ^a	0.004	^***	^***	^*
t_0.5 (h)	14.68 ^a	16.90 ^a	17.30 ^a	17.95 ^a	4.80 ^b	1.063	^***	^***	NS

SEM, standard error of the mean; V_F, the theoretical maximum of gas production; NS, not significant; k, the fractional rate of gas production at time; t_0.5, the time at which half of the final gas production; FRD₀, the initial fractional rate of degradation.

^a,b

Means within a row with different superscripts differ (p<0.05).

p<0.05;

^***

p<0.001.