scholarly journals Effects of olive leaf extract on rumen microbial fermentation in in vitro semi-continuous culture system (RUSITEC)

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
ÖZTURK Hakan;DEMIRTAS
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaimaa Helmy El-Sayed ◽  
Neimat Amer ◽  
Soad Ismail ◽  
Iman Ali ◽  
Enas Rizk ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 463-473
Author(s):  
Harri Miettinen ◽  
Jouko Setälä

The present report describes an in vitro continuous culture system to simulate rumen fermentation. The complete assembly consists of six culture vessels (liquid volume 700 ml) fed twice daily with finely ground feed. The artificial saliva enters the vessel continuously, and the effluent leaves it continuously through the overflow port. The intermittent stirring of the fermentor content and the pH regulation are automatically controlled by a desktop computer. Two replicate experiments with ten fermentors given a diet of silage (50 %) and barley (50 %) were made in order to evaluate the system. The results indicate that the system reaches steady-state conditions within three to five days, ammonia concentration being an exeption. It takes for the ammonia concentration approximately 11—14 days to stabilize. The plateau values for the total volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations, the molar proportions of individual VFAs, and the ammonia concentrations were found to be within the accepted range in the rumen of animals given similar diets or in other artificial rumen systems. There was a tenfold decrease in the numbers of protozoa in the fermentors during the first four days of incubation. However, the average plateau value for the protozoa numbers (2.5 x 104/ml) is in the same range as in the dual flow continuous culture systems. The efficiency of the microbial N production was higher than that usually observed in vivo or in vitro (45 vs. 30 g/kg organic matter digested). The results indicate that this continuous culture system provides a reasonable estimate of rumen fermentation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (8) ◽  
pp. 7068-7080
Author(s):  
J.A. Arce-Cordero ◽  
H.F. Monteiro ◽  
A.L. Lelis ◽  
L.R. Lima ◽  
R. Restelatto ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Boaz ◽  
Eyal Leibovitz ◽  
Yosefa Bar Dayan ◽  
Julio Wainstein

Almost 30% of US residents ages 65 and older have diabetes. The cost of diabetes care was estimated at $174 billion in 2007, including $116 billion in additional medical costs, and $58 billion in reduced productivity. Globally, the estimated cost of diabetes care was $376 billion in 2010, representing 12% of health expenditures. Many individuals with diabetes make use of functional foods, nutritional supplements, and/or herbal remedies to manage their disease. The functional foods olive leaf extract, turmeric, and fenugreek are commonly used in traditional medicine systems to manage diabetes. All three of these functional foods have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well as specific insulin sensitizing qualities. In vitro studies offer proof of mechanism, and animal studies consistently show treatment efficacy for all three foods. The few human studies that have been conducted, however, use surrogate rather than clinical endpoints. The establishment of these and other functional foods as evidence based interventions for diabetes requires well designed, adequately powered, and randomized controlled pivotal trials with clinical endpoints.Keywords: type 2 diabetes, olive leaf extract, turmeric, and fenugreek


2019 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estefanía González ◽  
Ana María Gómez-Caravaca ◽  
Begoña Giménez ◽  
Rubén Cebrián ◽  
Mercedes Maqueda ◽  
...  

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