Table 2 Effects of supplemention of 200 mM of choline chloride and choline bicarbonate on incubation liquid metabolites as measured by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (main experiment).
From: The rumen microbiome inhibits methane formation through dietary choline supplementation
Metabolite (mM) | Inoculum | Control | Choline chloride | Choline bicarbonate | SEM | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Choline | 0.07a | 0.06a | 18.44b | 5.45a | 6.836 | < 0.001 |
Monomethylamine | 0.113 | 0.035 | 0.116 | 0.037 | 0.0572 | 0.220 |
Dimethylamine | 0.025ab | 0.004a | 0.105b | 0.030ab | 0.0359 | 0.0234 |
Trimethylamine | 0.2a | 0.1a | 129.8b | 134.7b | 5.34 | < 0.001 |
Ethanol | 0.41a | 0.34a | 51.92b | 65.51c | 5.514 | < 0.001 |
Acetaldehyde | 0 | 0.008 | 0.192 | 0.287 | 0.2483 | 0.351 |
Glycerol | 5.40 | 5.71 | 7.52 | 9.17 | 3.711 | 0.813 |
Lactate | 0.136 | 0.133 | 0.271 | 1.320 | 0.8313 | 0.185 |
Succinate | 0.066a | 0.042a | 0.043a | 1.531b | 0.2649 | < 0.001 |
Formate | 0.038a | 0.036a | 0.125a | 2.491b | 0.5442 | < 0.001 |
Methanol | 0.021a | 0.016a | 1.392b | 0.676ab | 0.3149 | < 0.001 |
Phenylpropionate | 0.565a | 0.317b | 0.200b | 0.195b | 0.0384 | < 0.001 |
2-Methyl-butyrate | 0.689a | 3.132b | 1.060a | 0.833a | 0.6264 | 0.0012 |