Claim · model-written summary
D. intortum and D. paniculatum have the highest quercetin and kaempferol concentrations, respectively
- Taxon
- D. intortum and D. paniculatum
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium intortume0 - Outcome
- Quercitin and kaempferol concentrationse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- respectivelye0
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Verbatim
e0“Quercitin and kaempferol concentrations were highest in D. intortum and D. paniculatum , respectively”
Title
Ticktrefoil (Desmodium) species as a nutraceutical forage resource for animals
Thomas H. Terrill; Erica M. Courson; J. Bradley Morris; et al. Grassland Science 2023. doi:10.1111/grs.12411
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Crude protein in D. discolor and D. tortuosum averaged 233 g/kg
- Observation Crude protein in D. intortum, D. paniculatum and D. sandwicense ranged from 99 to 157 g/kg
- Observation In vitro true digestibility of Desmodium species ranged from 755 to 878 g/kg
- Observation D. discolor and D. tortuosum contain no detectable condensed tannins
- Observation D. intortum contains 88 g/kg total condensed tannin
- Observation D. paniculatum contains 89 g/kg total condensed tannin
- Observation D. sandwicense contains 73 g/kg total condensed tannin
- Observation Flavonoid content differed among Desmodium species
- Observation D. sandwicense and D. paniculatum have the highest delphinidin and cyanidin concentrations, respectively
- Observation D. discolor and D. tortuosum have the lowest quercetin and kaempferol concentrations
- Observation D. paniculatum has the highest protein precipitable phenolics and total phenolic concentrations
- Recommendation Desmodium species have potential as nutraceutical forage for livestock and warrant further investigation