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Effect of dietary saponins from Quillaja saponaria L. on fatty acid composition and cholesterol content in muscle Longissimus dorsi of lambs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

D. M. R. Brogna ,
S. Nasri ,
H. Ben Salem ,
M. Mele ,
A. Serra ,
M. Bella ,
A. Priolo ,
H. P. S. Makkar  and
V. Vasta
D. M. R. Brogna
Affiliation:
University of Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agrarie e Alimentari, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123, Catania, Italy
S. Nasri
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Productiones Animales et Fourragères, Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie (INRAT), Rue Hédi Karray, 2049 Ariana, Tunisia
H. Ben Salem
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Productiones Animales et Fourragères, Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie (INRAT), Rue Hédi Karray, 2049 Ariana, Tunisia
M. Mele
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell'Agro-Ecosistema, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
A. Serra
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell'Agro-Ecosistema, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
M. Bella
Affiliation:
University of Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agrarie e Alimentari, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123, Catania, Italy
A. Priolo
Affiliation:
University of Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agrarie e Alimentari, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123, Catania, Italy
H. P. S. Makkar
Affiliation:
Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics (480b), University of Hohenheim, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
V. Vasta*
Affiliation:
University of Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agrarie e Alimentari, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123, Catania, Italy
*
†E-mail: vvasta@unict.it
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of increasing levels of saponins from Quillaja saponaria on fatty acid (FA) composition and cholesterol content in muscle Longissimus dorsi of lambs. A total of 24 Barbarine lambs were assigned to four dietary treatments: control diet (C) consisting of oat hay ad libitum and 400 g of concentrate (80% barley, 17.5% soybean meal and 2.5% vitamin and mineral supplement); C diet plus 30 ppm of Q. saponaria L. (QS30); C diet plus 60 ppm of Quillaja (QS60); C diet plus 90 ppm of Quillaja (QS90). Saponin supplementation reduced the concentration of C14:1 cis-9 (P = 0.001) and of its desaturation index (P = 0.002). None of the FA intermediates of ruminal biohydrogenation (BH) was affected by Quillaja saponin supplementation (P > 0.05). The concentration of C20:4n-6 was higher in the meat of animals receiving 60 ppm of Quillaja than C and QS30 groups. Supplementing 60 ppm of Quillaja reduced the ratio between α-linolenic and linoleic acids compared with the C group (P = 0.023). We did not find any significant effect of Quillaja saponins on muscle cholesterol level. Further investigations are necessary to assess the metabolic fate of saponins in the rumen and to understand whether there is an effect of saponin on Δ9-desaturase enzyme activity, ruminal BH and cholesterol metabolism in ruminants. Supplementing up to 90 ppm of Quillaja saponins did not produce detrimental effects on the overall meat FA profile.

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saponinsfatty acid compositioncholesterolmeatlamb
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animal , Volume 5 , Issue 7 , 31 May 2011 , pp. 1124 - 1130
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2011

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