Table 4.
Potential of foliage and seeds of tropical trees for methane (CH4) mitigation, rumen defaunation, and changes in the molar proportions of volatile fatty acids in vitro.
| Species | CH4 | CH4/total gas | Protozoa | VFA (moL/100 moL) | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mL) | (v:v) | (104/mL) | Ac | Pr | Bu | ||
| Pennisetum purpureum | 6.53 | 0.184 | - | - | - | - | [20] |
| Sapindus saponaria | 5.14 | 0.12 | 1.86 | 65 | 25 | 8 | |
| Leucaena leucocephala | 7.32 | 0.133 | 3.68 | 66 | 24 | 7 | |
| Albizia lebbeck | 7.95 | 0.137 | 0.62 | 64 | 23 | 10 | |
| bracteolate | 10.68 | 0.163 | 2.72 | 67 | 22 | 9 | |
| Enterolobium cyclocarpum | 12.71 | 0.175 | 2.1 | 63 | 27 | 9 | |
| Albizia saman | 16.01 | 0.205 | 5.16 | 69 | 21 | 8 | |
Ac: acetate; Pr: propionate; Bu: butyrate; CH4: methane; VFA: volatile fatty acids.