Dietary phytochemicals as rumen modifiers: A review of the effects on microbial populations

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-375

  Patra, Amlan K ^a   Saxena, Jyotisna ^b  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Microbial ecology; Phytochemicals; Rumen modifiers; Saponins; Tannins

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RIBOSOME DNA; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DETOXIFICATION; FERMENTATION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; FUNGI; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS; RUMEN; RUMINANTS; SAPONINS; TANNINS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 72649097805     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9364-1     Document Type: Review

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