Ameliorating the toxic effects of Acacia angustissima with polyethylene glycol in rats

cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Illinoisen
cg.contributor.affiliationAnimal Nutrition and Animal Products Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisationen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-8401(03)00009-9en
cg.issn0377-8401en
cg.issue1-4en
cg.journalAnimal Feed Science and Technologyen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume106en
dc.contributor.authorSmith, A.H.en
dc.contributor.authorWallig, M.A.en
dc.contributor.authorSeigler, D.S.en
dc.contributor.authorOdenyo, A.A.en
dc.contributor.authorMcSweeney, C.S.en
dc.contributor.authorMackie, R.I.en
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-11T09:25:59Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-11T09:25:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/30046
dc.titleAmeliorating the toxic effects of Acacia angustissima with polyethylene glycol in ratsen
dcterms.abstract*Acacia angustissima* is a tropical legume, which has potential as a fodder tree, but contains secondary compounds which have an anti-nutritional effect in ruminants. This study was designed to indicate whether condensed tannins alone are responsible for the anti-nutritional affect or whether non-protein amino acids or other unidentified plant components contribute to the anti-nutritional effect. Feeding rats diets containing ground plant material or purified *A. angustissima* polyphenolics at similar levels of polyethylene glycol (PEG) binding capacity (3.9 g/100 g dry matter (DM)) resulted in weight loss (-8.4 and -10.2 g per day) and reduced intake (3.4 and 2.9 g per day) in both groups compared to average daily gain (1.4 and 1.5 g per day) and intake (15.8 and 17.4 g per day) of control diets. The effect on intake and average daily gain was ameliorated by the addition of PEG, which complexes with phenolic compounds. These results verify that in rats the anti-nutritional effect is caused by polyphenolics in *A. angustissima*.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2003-02-14
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSmith, A. H., Wallig, M. A., Seigler, D. S., Odenyo, A. A., McSweeney, C. S., & Mackie, R. I. (2003). Ameliorating the toxic effects of Acacia angustissima with polyethylene glycol in rats. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 106(1–4), 165–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-8401(03)00009-9en
dcterms.extentpp. 165-174en
dcterms.issued2003-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectacacia angustissimaen
dcterms.subjecttoxicityen
dcterms.subjectfeed legumesen
dcterms.subjectphenolic compoundsen
dcterms.subjecttanninsen
dcterms.subjectratsen
dcterms.subjectpolyethyleneen
dcterms.subjectalcoholsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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