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. 2017 Nov;95(11):4880–4892. doi: 10.2527/jas2017.1859

Table 1.

Analyzed chemical composition of corn and sorghum (%, as-fed basis)1

Item Corn Sorghum
DM 88.25 87.63
GE, MJ/kg 16.28 16.10
CP 7.94 7.98
Prolamin 4.29 5.91
Ether extract 2.34 1.82
Ash 1.22 1.33
NDF 15.05 10.50
ADF 3.30 3.05
Starch 61.46 67.48
Ca 0.04 0.02
Total P 0.23 0.26
Phytate 0.37 0.70
Tannin 0.01 0.05
Total phenols 0.12 0.34
Indispensable AA
    Lys 0.23 0.21
    Met 0.18 0.16
    Thr 0.29 0.30
    Trp 0.06 0.07
    Val 0.40 0.45
    Leu 1.04 1.01
    Ile 0.25 0.33
    Phe 0.36 0.39
    His 0.23 0.20
    Arg 0.31 0.34
Dispensable AA
    Tyr 0.19 0.17
    Ser 0.35 0.33
    Glu 1.32 1.60
    Pro 0.65 0.68
    Gly 0.30 0.27
    Ala 0.55 0.65
    Cys 0.25 0.22
    Asp 0.49 0.50
Total indispensable AA 3.73 3.46
Total dispensable AA 4.10 4.42
Total AA 7.45 7.88
1

All values are the results of an analysis conducted in duplicate.