Digestion of 14C-labelled condensed tannins from Desmodium intortum in sheep and goats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 501-513

  Perez Maldonado, R A ^a   Norton, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condensed tannin; Goats; Sheep; Tannin metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDETATE CHROMIUM CR 51; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM SULFATE; TANNIN; YTTERBIUM; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; GOAT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; LEGUME; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM INTORTUM; DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIGESTION; FABACEAE; FECES; GOATS; INTESTINES; MALE; NITROGEN; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POACEAE; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RUMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 0029662052     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960059     Document Type: Article

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