Feed production systems should consider more sustainable solutions to reduce the pressure on earth's finite resources. In this work, we investigated effect of microencapsulated condensed tannins (MCTs)-enhanced diet cow milk characteristics. The reduced urea content, while preserved and n-3 n-6 portion fatty acids. Aside from rising vitamin C level, MCTs had a negative amount B group vitamins. ...

Boron compounds are used as wood preservatives as they are both fungicide and insecticide, relatively inexpensive and environmentally acceptable. Nevertheless, in the field of wood protection, borates are only used for indoor non-exposed applications or in association with other biocides, due to their main disadvantage of being readily leachable from treated wood. To overcome this problem, bori...

This study investigated the metabolic traits of 27 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains belonging to different species, previously isolated from faba bean. The activities assayed, related to technological and nutritional improvement of fermented faba bean, included peptidases, β-glucosidase, phytase, as well as exopolysaccharides synthesis and antimicrobial properties. In addition, the bacteria p...

Astringency is a major sensory property and plays an important role in the overall quality of juice wines. A contributor to astringency condensed tannins, which can precipitate with salivary glycoproteins. And thus, it vital develop methods measure tannin accurately. Recently, interest application assays has been increasing various fields. Condensed broadly include determination concentration, ...

Condensed tannins can be found in various parts of many plants. Unlike lignin there has been little study of their fate as they enter the soil organic matter pool and their influence on nutrient cycling, especially through their protein-binding properties. We extracted and characterized tannin-rich fractions from humus collected in 1998 from a black spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton et al.]...