Tea saponins affect in vitro fermentation and methanogenesis in faunated and defaunated rumen fluid

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science

Volumn 6 B, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 787-792

  Hu, Wei Lian ^a,b   Wu, Yue Ming ^a   Liu, Jian Xin ^a   Guo, Yan Qiu ^a   Ye, Jun An ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Defaunated; Faunated; In vitro; Methane; Ruminal fermentation; Tea saponin

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; PH; PROTEINS; PROTOZOA;

DEFAUNATED; FAUNATED; GAS PRODUCTION; IN VITRO; MICROBIAL PROTEIN YIELD; PROTOZOA COUNTS; RUMINAL FERMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEA SAPONINS (TS);

FERMENTATION;

METHANE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; STOMACH JUICE; TEA;

ANIMALS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; METHANE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTOZOA; RUMEN; SAPONINS; SEEDS; SHEEP; TEA;

EID: 24044540409     PISSN: 10093095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.B0787     Document Type: Article

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