Phytochemical Benefits of Agroresidues as Alternative Nutritive Dietary Resource for Pig and Poultry Farming

Table 6

Biochemical composition of selected pumpkin parts (g/kg raw weight) [2].

Nutrients	Part	Species
		C. pepo	C. moschata	C. maxima
Carbohydrates	Flesh	26.23 ± 0.20	43.39 ± 0.84	133.53 ± 1.44
	Peel	43.76 ± 0.74	96.29 ± 1.11	206.78 ± 3.25
	Seed	122.20 ± 7.47	140.19 ± 7.60	129.08 ± 8.25
Protein	Flesh	2.08 ± 0.11	3.05 ± 0.65	11.31 ± 0.95
	Peel	9.25 ± 0.12	11.30 ± 0.99	16.54 ± 2.69
	Seed	308.83 ± 12.06	298.11 ± 14.75	274. 85 ± 10.04
Fat	Flesh	0.55 ± 0.14	0.89 ± 0.11	4.20 ± 0.23
	Peel	4.71 ± 0.69	6.59 ± 0.41	8.69 ± 0.99
	Seed	439.88 ± 2.88	456.76 ± 11.66	524.34 ± 1.32
Fibre	Flesh	3.72 ± 0.02	7.41 ± 0.07	10.88 ± 0.35
	Peel	12.28 ± 0.15	34.28 ± 1.37	22.35 ± 0.01
	Seed	148.42 ± 0.55	108.51 ± 8.36	161.54 ± 6.79
Ash	Flesh	3.44 ± 0.04	10.36 ± 0.01	10.53 ± 0.11
	Peel	6.30 ± 0.06	13.96 ± 0.16	11.20 ± 0.64
	Seed	55.02 ± 1.00	53.15 ± 0.20	44.22 ± 0.36
Moisture	Flesh	967.70 ± 0.15	942.31 ± 0.08	840.43 ± 0.17
	Peel	935.98 ± 0.27	871.86 ± 0.09	756.79 ± 0.44
	Seed	74.06 ± 0.91	51.79 ± 6.04	27.51 ± 0.21