Review Article
The Dietary Use of Pigeon Pea for Human and Animal Diets
Table 6
Nutritional profile of pigeon pea and its by-products [
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| | Parameter | Fresh (aerial portion) | Hay | Pods | Pod husks |
| | Dry matter (% as fed) | 24.4–49.7 | 88.8–91.8 | 87.3 | 93.0 | | Crude protein (% DM) | 10.1–26.7 | 12.2–16.7 | 20.3 | 6.7 | | Crude fiber (% DM) | 21.3–45.1 | 32.5 | 35.2 | 38.0 | | NDF (% DM) | 37.2–62.9 | 78.6 | - | - | | ADF (% DM) | 15.7–38.7 | 60.2 | - | - | | Lignin (% DM) | 7.3–21.4 | 17.1 | - | - | | EE (% DM) | 2.4–6.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | | Ash (% DM) | 4.0–8.8 | 3.9–5.3 | 3.3 | 4.1–5.8 | | GE (MJ/kg DM0 | 19.7–24.5 | 19.2 | — | 18.4 | | Macro minerals (g/kg DM) | | | | | | Calcium | 4.6–10.8 | — | — | 9.7 | | Phosphorous | 0.1–0.26 | — | — | 1.8 | | Potassium | 9.1–20.8 | — | — | — | | Sodium | 0.2–0.3 | — | — | — | | Magnesium | 1.5–5.5 | — | — | 3.0 | | Micro (trace) minerals (mg/kg DM) | | | | | | Manganese | 73–75 | — | — | — | | Zinc | 23–54 | — | — | 33 | | Copper | 7–12 | — | — | 13 | | Iron | 181–244 | — | — | 744 | | Amino acids (% of protein) | | | | | | Arginine | 5.7 | — | — | — | | Histidine | 2.7 | — | — | — | | Iso-leucine | 3.8 | — | — | — | | Leucine | 6.6 | — | — | — | | Lysine | 2.2 | — | — | — | | Phenyl-alanine | 5.8 | — | — | — | | Valine | 5.2 | — | — | — |
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GE = gross energy; EE = ether extract; ADF = acid detergent fiber; NDF = neutral detergent fiber.
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