TY  - JOUR
T1  - <I>In vitro</I> Digestibility of Diets Containing Different Parts of <I>Andrographis paniculata</I> Using Rumen Fluid from Goats
AU - Sazili, A.Q. AU - Yusuf, A.L. AU - Ebrahimi, M. AU - , Y.M. Goh AU - , A.A. Samsudin AU - , A.B. Idris AU - , A.R. Alimon 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 21
SP  - 3921
EP  - 3927
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.3921.3927
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.3921.3927
KW  - Polyphenols
KW  -Andrographis paniculata
KW  -digestibility
KW  -goat
KW  -diets
AB  - 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.
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