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Nutritive value and qualitative assessment of secondary compounds in seeds of eight tropical browse, shrub and pulse legumes.
Babayemi, O J; Demeyer, D; Fievez, V.
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  • Babayemi OJ; Ibadan University, Department of Animal Science, Nigeria.
Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci ; 69(1): 103-10, 2004.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15560266
Seeds of four tropical multipurpose trees (Albizia saman, Albizia lebbeck, Albizia rhizonse, Leucaena leucocephala), two shrubs (Tephrosia candida, Tephrosia bracteolata) and two pulse legume (Lablab purpureus, Canavalia ensiformis) were chemically analysed for dry matter (DM), ash, crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and ether extract (EE). Qualitative evaluation of secondary metabolites (saponins, phenols, steroids, and alkaloids) was elucidated. The DM, ash, CP, NDF and EE ranged between 88.9-93.6 %, 3.0-5.4 %, 24.8-38.2 %, 22.1-46.9 % and 2.0-17.0 % respectively. All seed species contained at least one group of secondary plant metabolites and steroids were common to all except C. ensiformis that was not implicated for any. A. lebbeck and A. rhizonse showed low saponin content. Indications for water soluble tannins were reported for L. leucocephala while the two species of Tephrosia contained flavonoids or condensed tannins. The study suggested the potentials of the legumes seed species as a feed source for ruminants.
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Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Plantas / Sementes / Fabaceae / Valor Nutritivo Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article
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Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Plantas / Sementes / Fabaceae / Valor Nutritivo Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article