Preliminary studies on spent tea leaf: In vitro gas production as affected by chemical composition and secondary metabolites

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-500

  Babayemi, O J ^a   Hamzat, R A ^b   Bamikole, M A ^c   Anurudu, N F ^a   Olomola, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria ^*  (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Gas production; Methanogenesis; Secondary metabolite; Spent tea leaf; Tea leaf

Indexed keywords

METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STEROID; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTION; ENERGY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GAS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLITE; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEA;

EID: 33750434475     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.497.500     Document Type: Article

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