Dietary quebracho tannins are not absorbed, but increase the antioxidant capacity of liver and plasma in sheep

Lopez-Andres , P., Luciano, G., Vasta, V., Gibson, T. M., Biondi, L., Priolo, A. and Mueller-Harvey, I. (2013) Dietary quebracho tannins are not absorbed, but increase the antioxidant capacity of liver and plasma in sheep. British Journal of Nutrition, 110 (4). pp. 632-639. ISSN 1475-2662 doi: 10.1017/S0007114512005703

Abstract/Summary

A total of sixteen lambs were divided into two groups and fed two different diets. Of these, eight lambs were fed a control diet (C) and eight lambs were fed the C diet supplemented with quebracho tannins (C+T). The objective of the present study was to assess whether dietary quebracho tannins can improve the antioxidant capacity of lamb liver and plasma and if such improvement is due to a direct transfer of phenolic compounds or their metabolites, to the animal tissues. Feed, liver and plasma samples were purified by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and analysed by liquid chromatography–MS for phenolic compounds. Profisitinidin compounds were identified in the C+T diet. However, no phenolic compounds were found in lamb tissues. The liver and the plasma from lambs fed the C+T diet displayed a greater antioxidant capacity than tissues from lambs fed the C diet, but only when samples were not purified with SPE. Profisetinidin tannins from quebracho seem not to be degraded or absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. However, they induced antioxidant effects in animal tissues.

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Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Microbial Sciences Research Group Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Research Group
Uncontrolled Keywords	Tannins; Absorption; Antioxidant; Ruminants
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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