Table 6.
Mineral composition (mg/100 g) of raw and cooked breast muscle of broilers chickens fed different levels of C. vulgaris for 40 days.
| Sample | Minerals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | K | Ca | Mg | P | Fe | Cu | Zn | Mn | |
| Raw breast meat | |||||||||
| Control | 69.9 a | 357.6 a | 4.70 a | 28.3 a | 223.7 a | 1.09 a | 0.053 | 1.26 | 0.01 |
| CV10% | 59.7 ab | 370.1 ab | 4.7 a | 30.4 ab | 231.4 ab | 1.19 ac | 0.065 | 1.17 | 0.02 |
| Increase/Decrease * (%) | −14.6 | +3.5 | / | +7.5 | +3.4 | +8.7 | +22.6 | −7.3 | +100 |
| CV15% | 54.5 b | 398.9 ab | 6.7 b | 33.1 b | 254.0 b | 1.58 b | 0.065 | 1.03 | 0.023 |
| Increase/Decrease * (%) | −22.0 | +11.5 | +41.7 | +8.9 | +13.5 | +45.1 | +22.6 | −18.7 | +133.3 |
| CV20% | 58.8 ab | 402.6 b | 6.4 b | 31.6 ab | 249.8 ab | 1.45 bc | 0.065 | 1.02 | 0.025 |
| Increase/Decrease * (%) | −15.9 | +12.6 | +35.3 | +11.6 | +11.6 | +33.2 | +22.6 | −19.9 | +150 |
| SEM | 9.899 | 21.790 | 1.184 | 2.032 | 13.655 | 0.246 | 0.011 | 0.263 | 0.010 |
| p value | 0.024 | 0.021 | 0.001 | 0.022 | 0.014 | 0.001 | 0.333 | 0.493 | 0.210 |
| Cooked breast meat | |||||||||
| Control | 65.1 a | 363.5 | 4.8 a | 30.8 a | 244 | 1.11 a | 0.126 a | 1.64 a | 0.024 a |
| CV10% | 62.3 a | 361.3 | 5.8 b | 31.22 ab | 240 | 1.27 ab | 0.131 ab | 1.21 b | 0.026 ab |
| Increase/Decrease * (%) | −4.4 | / | +20.4 | +1.36 | −1.6 | +14.2 | +3.97 | −26.0 | +8.3 |
| CV15% | 50.3 ab | 388 | 6.2 bc | 34.93 bc | 258.9 | 1.60 ab | 0.149 b | 1.05 b | 0.025 ab |
| Increase/Decrease * (%) | −22.8 | +6.7 | +29.2 | +13.4 | +6.1 | +43.5 | +18.25 | −35.8 | +4.2 |
| CV20% | 47.6 b | 388.5 | 7.2 c | 35.8 c | 251.9 | 1.69 b | 0.150 b | 1.03 b | 0.029 b |
| Increase/Decrease * (%) | −26.9 | +6.9 | +49.7 | +16.3 | +3.2 | +51.8 | +18.25 | −36.9 | +20.8 |
| SEM | 6.329 | 20.45 | 0.311 | 1.929 | 13.99 | 0.255 | 0.011 | 0.127 | 0.002 |
| p value | 0.002 | 0.115 | <0.00001 | 0.002 | 0.259 | 0.014 | 0.008 | <0.0001 | 0.037 |
* Increase/decrease compared to control group; a,b,c Different superscripts within a row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).