@article{MAKHILLJAVA201211213827,
    title = {<I>In vitro</I> Digestibility of Diets Containing Different Parts of <I>Andrographis paniculata</I> Using Rumen Fluid from Goats},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {11},
    number = {21},
    pages = {3921-3927},
    year = {2012},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2012.3921.3927},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2012.3921.3927},
    author = {A.Q.,A.L.,M.,Y.M. Goh,A.A. Samsudin,A.B. Idris and},
    keywords = {Polyphenols,Andrographis paniculata,digestibility,goat,diets},
    abstract = {The study was carried out to determine the effect of diets containing different parts of <I>Andrographis paniculata</I> on cumulative gas production, dry matter digestibility, methane and volatile fatty acids production in goats using <I>in vitro</I> gas production technique. The leaves, stems and roots of <I>Andrographis paniculata</I> (AP) were analysed for total polyphenols. Leaves of AP were found to contain the highest concentration of polyphenols; 3.08% Tannic Polyphenol (TP), 0.46% Hydrolysable Tannin (HT) and 0.19% Condensed Tannin (CT). The Non-Tannic Polyphenols (NTP) were estimated as 2.43% of the total polyphenols in the herb. Four diets were formulated three of which contained 1% each of the parts analysed (APL = leaves, APS = stems and APR = roots) and not containing <I>Andrographis paniculata</I> (APO) which was used as the control and tested for digestibility via <I>in vitro</I> gas production technique. The results indicated that VFAs, IVDMD, gas production and pH of the rumen fluid were not significantly affected (p&gt;0.05) by the experimental diets except for ammonia (p&lt;0.05). The results suggest that goats can utilize nutrients from feeds containing AP without compromising the production of VFA and dry matter digestibility.}
    }