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- Title
Degradation of quillaja saponins by mixed culture of rumen microbes.
- Authors
Makkar, H.P.S.; Becker, K.
- Abstract
Quillaja saponin (QS) was incubated at 39°C in an in vitro medium containing rumenliquor from a cow fed a roughage diet. Nodegradation of QS was observed up to 6 h offermentation. Incubation for 9, 12 and 24 hdecreased the content of QS by 16%, 45% and 100%.The content of QS did not decreasewhen incubated for 24 h in the medium containing autoclavedrumen liquor, suggestingthat rumen microbes have enzyme(s) capable of degrading QS. The fateof QSwill help gain a better understanding of mechanisms of action of QS on rumenfermentation,and its beneficial effects mediated by binding to ammonia.
- Publication
Letters in Applied Microbiology, 1997, Vol 25, Issue 4, p243
- ISSN
0266-8254
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00207.x