Binding of Poly(ethylene glycol) to Samples of Forage Plants as an Assay of Tannins and Their Negative Effects on Ruminal Degradation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3230-3234

  Silanikove, N ^a   Shinder, D ^c   Gilboa, N ^a   Eyal, M ^b   Nitsan, Z ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Food Quality Service   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forage plants; Herbivore diet; Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG); Rumen; Tannin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001250898     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9602277     Document Type: Article

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