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Use of Detergents in the Analysis of Fibrous Feeds. II. A Rapid Method for the Determination of Fiber and Lignin
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The acid-detergent fiber method (ADF) as mentioned in this paper is a fiber method based on cetyl trimethylammonium bromide to dissolve proteins in acid solution.Abstract:
The capacity of cetyl trimethylammonium bromide to dissolve proteins in acid solution has been utilized in development of a method, called acid-detergent fiber method (ADF), which is not only a fiber determination in itself bnt also the major preparatory step in the determination of lignin. The entire procedure for determining fiber and lignin is considerably more rapid than presently published methods. Compositional studies show ADF to consist chiefly of lignin and polysaccharides. Correlations with the new fiber method and digestibility of 18 forages (r = —0.79) showed it to be somewhat superior to crude fiber (r = —0.73) in estimating nutritive valué. The correla-read more
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Ocimum basilicum : a new non-conventional source of fibre
TL;DR: Ocimum seeds contain a reasonable amount of hemicellulose and cellulose, accounting for their hydrophilic character, and can be considered as a new non-conventional source of fibre as mentioned in this paper.
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Compositional analysis of lignocellulosic biomass: conventional methodologies and future outlook.
Daniel J. Krasznai,Rachel Champagne Hartley,Hannah M. Roy,Pascale Champagne,Michael F. Cunningham +4 more
TL;DR: An overview of the compositional analysis techniques that have been developed for lignocellulosic biomass is served in an effort to highlight the motivation and migration towards rapid, accurate, and cost-effective data-driven chemometric methods.
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Comparative preference by sheep and goats for Graminaeae forages varying in chemical composition
TL;DR: It was concluded that goats and sheep used in this study had similar preferences, for the forages tested, despite differences between species in their intake and digestion of the individual forages.
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Characterization of Selected Nigerian Biomass for Combustion and Pyrolysis Applications
TL;DR: In this paper, some potential energy crops and woods from Nigeria, namely Terminalia superba, Gmelina arborea, Lophira alata, Nauclea diderrichii, and also one abundant agricultural residue, palm kernel expellers (PKE), were characterized for their combustion properties.
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The analytical and biological accuracy of estimating the dry matter digestibility of different legume species
M.N. McLeod,D.J. Minson +1 more
TL;DR: The error in predicting digestibility in vivo from a laboratory analysis is best expressed as the RSD of regressions relating digestible in vivo to the laboratory analysis, and that this error will not be materially altered by increased replication.
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