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. 2019 Nov 7;9(11):930. doi: 10.3390/ani9110930

Table 2.

Chemical composition, fatty acid and amino acid profile of FCSM and soybean meal 1.

Item FCSM Soybean Meal
Chemical Composition
Dry matter, % 91.26 90.52
Crude protein, % of DM 44.42 44.26
Ether extract, % of DM 0.86 1.87
Crude ash, % of DM 6.43 6.24
Acid detergent fiber, % of DM 13.08 10.21
Neutral detergent fiber, % of DM 21.78 13.52
Free gossypol, mg/kg 36.41 -
Fatty Acid, %
C14:0 0.0069 0.0015
C16:0 0.2304 0.1255
C18:0 0.0341 0.0405
C20:0 0.0048 -
C22:0 0.0056 0.0074
C24:0 0.0037 0.0027
Saturated fatty acids 0.2855 0.1775
C16:1 0.0047 0.0007
cis-C18:1n-9 0.2265 0.1211
C20:1 0.0015 -
C22:1n-9 0.0308 0.0268
Monounsaturated fatty acids 0.2636 0.1486
cis-C18:2n-6 0.3280 0.2566
C18:3n-3 0.0061 0.0339
C22:2 0.0010 0.0009
Polyunsaturated fatty acids 0.3351 0.2914
Amino Acid, %
Aspartic acid 4.12 5.60
Threonine 1.55 2.05
Serine 2.07 2.59
Glutamate 9.63 9.26
Glycine 1.86 2.09
Alanine 1.84 2.25
Cystine 0.68 0.67
Valine 2.03 2.30
Methionine 0.35 0.54
Isoleucine 1.27 2.09
Leucine 2.63 3.87
Tyrosine 0.89 1.48
Phenylalanine 2.54 2.62
Lysine 2.05 3.12
Histidine 1.21 1.22
Arginine 4.99 3.55
Proline 1.91 2.66

1 FCSM, fermented cottonseed meal in diet.