Claim · model-written summary
The condensed tannin content of S. alba trended higher with seasonal growth.
- Taxon
- S. alba
Salix albae1 - Treatment
- seasonal growthe4
- Outcome
- CT contente4
- Direction
- trended highere4
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Verbatim
e1“The highest levels of CTs were found in S. nigra and S. alba (seasonal averages of 17.9 and 18.5 mg/g, respectively)”
e4“The CT content of both Salix species trended higher with seasonal growth, with the CT content of S. nigra across seasons statistically significant”
Title
Ishrat Roomi; Wayne E. Zeller; Matt Akins; et al. JSFA reports 2026. doi:10.1002/jsf2.70028
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation Salix nigra leaves had a seasonal average condensed tannin level of 17.9.
- Observation Salix alba leaves had a seasonal average condensed tannin level of 18.5.
- Observation Purified condensed tannins of S. nigra had a procyanidin/prodelphinidin ratio of 59/41.
- Observation Purified condensed tannins of S. nigra had a cis / trans ratio of 59/41.
- Observation Purified condensed tannins of S. nigra had an estimated mean degree of polymerization of 8.1.
- Observation Purified condensed tannins of S. alba had a procyanidin/prodelphinidin ratio of at least 99/1.
- Observation Purified condensed tannins of S. alba had a cis / trans ratio of 85/15.
- Observation Purified condensed tannins of S. alba had an estimated mean degree of polymerization of 6.9.
- Association The condensed tannin content of S. nigra trended higher with seasonal growth, and this trend was statistically significant.
- Association The condensed tannin content of P. nigra trended lower across all three locations, without statistical significance.
- Association The condensed tannin content of H. rhamnoides trended lower across all three locations, without statistical significance.
- Observation Condensed tannins were insignificant in the leaves of Elaeagnus angustifolia.
- Observation Condensed tannins were insignificant in the leaves of Rosa webbiana.
- Observation S. nigra likely contains adequate condensed tannin levels to bolster nitrogen use efficiency in ruminants without a detrimental effect on dry matter intake.
- Observation S. alba likely contains adequate condensed tannin levels to bolster nitrogen use efficiency in ruminants without a detrimental effect on dry matter intake.