Proximate Principle Category for Indigestible Carbohydrates
Proximate Principle Category for Indigestible Carbohydrates
The portion of carbohydrate which is not easily digestible — including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin — falls under which proximate principle category?
Monosaccharides + disaccharides — High digestibility
NDF (Van Soest)
Hemicellulose + cellulose + lignin + silica — Low
ADF (Van Soest)
Cellulose + lignin + silica — Very low
NDF − ADF
= Hemicellulose
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