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ArticleScientific reports2024

Investigating the efficacy of purified tannin extracts from underutilized temperate forages in reducing enteric methane emissions in vitro.

S Verma, T T Akpensuen, S Wolffram, J-P Salminen, F Taube, R Blank, C Kluß, C S Malisch

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S VermaGrass and Forage Science / Organic Agriculture, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, E24118, Kiel, Germany. sverma@gfo.uni-kiel.de.
T T AkpensuenNet Zero and Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, Okehampton, EX20 2SD, UK.
S WolfframAnimal Nutrition and Physiology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, E24118, Kiel, Germany.
J-P SalminenNatural Chemistry Research Group, University of Turku, 20500, Turku, Finland.
F TaubeGrass and Forage Science / Organic Agriculture, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, E24118, Kiel, Germany.
R BlankAnimal Nutrition and Physiology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, E24118, Kiel, Germany.
C KlußGrass and Forage Science / Organic Agriculture, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, E24118, Kiel, Germany.
C S MalischDepartment of Agroecology, Aarhus University, 8830, Tjele, Denmark.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft MA 8199/1-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study investigated how the concentration and composition of purified tannin extracts, at various inclusion rates, affect the ruminal in vitro fermentation parameters. Tannin extracts were isolated from four different forage species: birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), sulla (Hedysarum coronarium), big trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus), and salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor). Plants extracts were purified by Sephadex LH-20 gel chromatography and analyzed by UPLC-ESI-MS/MS. The results showed a large variation among the extracts from different species in terms of tannin composition and structural features. The extracts from salad burnet were dominated by hydrolysable tannins, comprising mainly ellagitannins. The extracts derived from sulla and big trefoil contained predominantly proanthocyanidins (PA), primarily composed of prodelphinidins with high mean degree of polymerisation (mDP). Birdsfoot trefoil extracts comprised procyanidin-rich PAs with low mDP. To determine whether the combined presence of tannins and flavonoid together lead to synergistic or antagonistic effects, the tannin extracts were incubated both with or without rutin at concentrations of 10, 20, and 30 g/kg DM, using a base substrate of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne, control). In general, all the tannin extracts decreased methane (CH

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FermentationMethanePlant ExtractsTanninsAnimal FeedAnimalsLotusProanthocyanidinsRumenMethanePlant ExtractsProanthocyanidinsTannins

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PMID38822060
PMCPMC11143233

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