Gravimetric determination of soluble phenolics including tannins from leaves by precipitation with trivalent ytterbium

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture - Tập 36 Số 4 - Trang 255-261 - 1985
Jess D. Reed1, Peter J. Horvath2, Michael S. Allen2, P.J. Van Soest2
1International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, P.O. Box 5689
2Department of Animal Science Cornell University Ithaca, New York

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AbstractA method for the gravimetric determination of soluble phenolics based on precipitation with trivalent ytterbium is described. Solutions of ytterbium‐precipitated phenolics can be prepared in order to study u.v. absorbance, colorimetric assays for phenolics, protein precipitation and cellulase inhibition. The method was applied to mature leaves of 10 East African browse species in the diets of goats and camels. There was a large range in ytterbium‐precipitated phenolics (Yb‐ppt), from 50% dry matter (DM) in Acacia nilotica to less than 15% in Acacia brevispica and Cadaba farinosa. Results from u.v. absorbance and the Folin‐Ciocalteu assay on solutions of ytterbium‐precipitated phenolics indicated that ytterbium precipitates many types of phenolics including proanthocyanidins. The vanillin‐HCl and n‐butanol‐HCl assays for proanthocyanidins separated the samples into two groups with high or low levels. The group with high levels of proanthocyanidins had greater protein precipitation capacity and cellulase inhibition at similar amounts of Yb‐ppt. The results indicate that the method may be useful in nutritional studies involving browse and other forages. Gravimetric analysis avoids problems associated with colorimetric assays because it does not rely on the use of standards. The preparation of solutions of Yb‐precipitated phenolics allows direct comparison between amount and nutritional effects such as protein precipitation and enzyme inhibition.

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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Tập 36 Số 4

255-261

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