The use of cumulative gas and volatile fatty acid production to predict in vitro fermentation kinetics of Italian ryegrass leaf cell walls and contents at various time intervals

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 519-525

  Groot, Jeroen C J ^a   Williams, Barbara A ^a   Oostdam, Arno J ^a,b   Boer, Huug ^a   Tamminga, Seerp ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Cehave nv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Grass; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOGAS; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEINASE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL WALL; CEREAL; DECOMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; PLANT LEAF;

CELL WALL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASES; LOLIUM;

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 0031823421     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19980090     Document Type: Article

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