INFLUENCE OF PHENOLIC ACIDS ON FORAGE STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTION
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 64 (5) , 50-51
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas84-152
Abstract
P-Coumaric acid (PCA) and ferulic acid (FA) inhibit cellulose digestion in vitro, whereas PCA stimulates hemicellulose degradation. Acid concentrations increase in tall fescue during maturation but remain stable in alfalfa. Hemicellulose and cellulose digestion by sheep is associated with phenolic acid content of tall fescue but not of alfalfa. Key words: p-Coumaric and ferulic acids, hemicellulose and cellulose digestionKeywords
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