scholarly journals Methane Reduction Potential of Two Pacific Coast Macroalgae During in vitro Ruminant Fermentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles G. Brooke ◽  
Breanna M. Roque ◽  
Claire Shaw ◽  
Negeen Najafi ◽  
Maria Gonzalez ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supriya Verma ◽  
Siegfried Wolffram ◽  
Juha-Pekka Salminen ◽  
Mario Hasler ◽  
Andreas Susenbeth ◽  
...  

Abstract An in vitro study was conducted to analyze the fermentation end-products from 17 cultivars of eight polyphenol containing forage species. The polyphenol composition and proanthocyanidin (PA) structural features of all cultivars were analyzed with UPLC-MS/MS in leaves of vegetative or generative plants. All samples were incubated with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG, a tannin-binding agent) to separate the tannin-effect on methane (CH4) production from that of the forage quality. Sulla and big trefoil, two particularly PA rich species, were found to have the highest CH4 reduction potential of up to 47%. However, they showed simultaneous and almost equal reductions in gas production (GP; a proxy for digestibility). The addition of PEG led to an increase in both GP and CH4 production, confirming the role of tannins on CH4 reduction. Moreover, PA structural features and concentration were found to be an important source of variation for CH4 production from PA containing species. Despite having low polyphenol concentrations, chicory and plantain were found to reduce CH4 production without reducing GP. Generally, the variation across cultivars from the same species was found to be lower than interspecies variability, and the results were found to be consistent across growth stages, indicating the findings representativeness.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1126
Author(s):  
Cecilia Loza ◽  
Supriya Verma ◽  
Siegfried Wolffram ◽  
Andreas Susenbeth ◽  
Ralf Blank ◽  
...  

Methane emissions from ruminants are a major contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, eight different forage species were combined in binary mixtures with Lolium perenne in increasing proportions, in vitro, to determine their methane reduction potential in ruminants. Species were sampled in two consecutive years where possible. The aims were: a) to determine if mixtures with specific forages, particularly those rich in plant specialized metabolites (PSM), can reduce methane emissions compared to ryegrass monocultures, b) to identify whether there is a linear-dose effect relationship in methane emissions from the legume or herb addition, and c) whether these effects are maintained across sampling years. Results showed that all dicot species studied, including the non-tannin-containing species, reduced methane production. The tannin-rich species, Sanguisorba minor and Lotus pedunculatus, showed the greatest methane reduction potential of up to 33%. Due to concomitant reductions in the forage digestibility, Cichorium intybus yielded the lowest methane emissions per digestible forage unit. Contrary to total gas production, methane production was less predictable, with a tendency for the lowest methane production being obtained with a 67.5% share of the legume or herb partner species. Thus, linear increments in the partner species share did not result in linear changes in methane concentration. The methane reduction potential differed across sampling years, but the species ranking in methane concentration was stable.


2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 83-84
Author(s):  
Emily Bechtold ◽  
Surendranath Suman ◽  
Smita Mohanty ◽  
Suman Mazumder ◽  
Sadagopan Krishnan ◽  
...  

Abstract Myoglobin is the primary sarcoplasmic protein responsible for meat color. Previous research has reported that myoglobin oxidation is species-specific. Metmyoglobin reducing activity is an inherent property to limit myoglobin oxidation. However, limited research has determined species specificity in metmyoglobin reducing properties. The objective of current study was to compare metmyoglobin reducing properties of eight different species such as beef, porcine, bison, deer, emu, equine, goat, and sheep in vitro. Myoglobin was isolated from eight different species via ammonium sulfate precipitation. The pH of the myoglobin was adjusted by passing through a column pre-calibrated with 50 mM phosphate buffer at pH 5.6. All species myoglobin were converted to metmyoglobin, and the metmyoglobin reduction was determined by two different approaches, non-enzymatic metmyoglobin reducing activity (NMRA) and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP). In the first method, NADH (electron donor), EDTA, and methylene blue (electron carrier), were added in a cuvette and increase in absorbance at 582 nm was monitored using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. In the second method, the ability of the heme to get reduced was determined using an RedoxSys analyzer, in which electron was directly transferred to heme. The NMRA and ORP experiments were replicated five times. The data were analyzed using the Mixed Procedure of SAS, with species as the fixed effect. There were species-specific differences (P < 0.05) in NMRA and ORP. Bovine myoglobin had the greatest (P < 0.05) NMRA compared with sheep, equine, goat, deer, bison, pork, and emu. There were no differences (P > 0.05) in NMRA among equine, goat, deer, bison, pork, and emu. ORP studies indicated that beef and porcine myoglobins had the greatest ability to get reduced (P < 0.05) compared with other species. Hence, use of different techniques and approaches will help to elucidate the mechanistic basis of metmyoglobin reduction.


Author(s):  
Ana Maria Mesa-Vanegas ◽  
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Esther Julia Naranjo-Gomez ◽  
Felipe Cardona ◽  
Lucia Atehortua-Garces ◽  
...  

Solanum nudum Dunal (Solanaceae) is most commonly known and used by the population of the colombian Pacific coast as an antimalarial treatment. This article study into optimization and quantitative analysis of compounds steroidal over time of development of this species when grown in vitro and wild. A new steroidal compound named SN6 was elucidated by NMR and a new method of quantification of seven steroidal compounds (Diosgenone DONA and six steroids SNs) using HPLC-DAD-MS in extracts of cultures in vitro and wild was investigated. Biology activity of extracts was found to a range of antiplasmodial activity in FCB2 and NF-54 with inhibitory concentration (IC50) between (17.04 -100 μg/mL) and cytotoxicity in U-937 of CC50 (7.18 -104.7 μg/mL). This method creates the basis for the detection of seven sterols antiplasmodial present in extracts from S. nudum plant as a quality parameter in the control and expression of phytochemicals.


2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Emily Bechtold ◽  
Surendranath Suman ◽  
Smita Mohanty ◽  
Suman Mazumder ◽  
Sadagopan Krishnan ◽  
...  

Abstract Myoglobin is the primary sarcoplasmic protein responsible for meat color. Previous research has reported that myoglobin oxidation is species-specific. Metmyoglobin reducing activity is an inherent property to limit myoglobin oxidation. However, limited research has determined species specificity in metmyoglobin reducing properties. The objective of current study was to compare metmyoglobin reducing properties of eight different species such as beef, porcine, bison, deer, emu, equine, goat, and sheep in vitro. Myoglobin was isolated from eight different species via ammonium sulfate precipitation. The pH of the myoglobin was adjusted by passing through a column pre-calibrated with 50 mM phosphate buffer at pH 5.6. All species myoglobin were converted to metmyoglobin, and the metmyoglobin reduction was determined by two different approaches, non-enzymatic metmyoglobin reducing activity (NMRA) and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP). In the first method, NADH (electron donor), EDTA, and methylene blue (electron carrier), were added in a cuvette and increase in absorbance at 582 nm was monitored using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. In the second method, the ability of the heme to get reduced was determined using an RedoxSys analyzer, in which electron was directly transferred to heme. The NMRA and ORP experiments were replicated five times. The data were analyzed using the Mixed Procedure of SAS, with species as the fixed effect. There were species-specific differences (P < 0.05) in NMRA and ORP. Bovine myoglobin had the greatest (P < 0.05) NMRA compared with sheep, equine, goat, deer, bison, pork, and emu. There were no differences (P > 0.05) in NMRA among equine, goat, deer, bison, pork, and emu. ORP studies indicated that beef and porcine myoglobins had the greatest ability to get reduced (P < 0.05) compared with other species. Hence, use of different techniques and approaches will help to elucidate the mechanistic basis of metmyoglobin reduction.


2004 ◽  
Vol 108 (23) ◽  
pp. 8007-8016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sambhu N. Datta ◽  
Jawahar Sudhamsu ◽  
Anshu Pandey

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