Perloline Inhibition of in vitro Ruminal Cellulose Digestion1
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Crop Science
- Vol. 10 (1) , 108-109
- https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1970.0011183x001000010043x
Abstract
Perloline, an alkaloid isolated from Festuca arundinacea, inhibited in vitro cellulose digestion by microorganisms of rumen fluid. Digestion of purified cellulose was more sensitive to perloline than was the digestion of cellulose in leaf tissue of F. arundinacea. Poor performance of cattle grazing F. arundinacea may be related to the effect of perloline on the digestion of cellulose by rumen microorganisms.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: