Forage quality and tannin concentration and composition of a collection of the tropical shrub legume Flemingia macrophylla

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1023-1031

  Andersson, Meike S ^a,b,c   Lascano, Carlos E ^a   Schultze Kraft, Rainer ^b   Peters, Michael ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c IPGRI   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Digestibility; Flemingia macrophylla; Forage quality; Monomer composition; Polyphenols; Protein binding capacity; Tannin astringency; Tropical legume

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; FLEMINGIA; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 33646572895     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2433     Document Type: Article

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