• Effects of a blend of chestnut and quebracho tannins on gut health and performance of broiler chickens 

      Redondo, Enzo Alejandro; Redondo, Leandro Martin; Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto; Diaz Carrasco, Juan Maria; Cabral, Claudio; Garces, Victorino M.; Liñeiro, Maximo M.; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (Plos ONE, 2022-01)
      Antimicrobial restrictions prompted the search for cost and biologically effective alternatives to replace antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) in food-producing animals. In addition, the efficacy of this alternatives ...
    • Impact of chestnut and quebracho tannins on rumen microbiota of bovines 

      Diaz Carrasco, Juan María; Cabral, Claudio; Redondo, Leandro Martín; Pin Viso, Natalia Daniela; Colombatto, Darío; Farber, Marisa Diana; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (Hindawi, 2017)
      The use of phytogenic dietary additives is being evaluated as a means to improve animal productivity. The effect of tannins seems to be the influence not only directly on the digestive process through binding of dietary ...
    • Natural tannin wood extracts as a potential food ingredient in the food industry 

      Molino, Silvia; Casanova, Natalia Andrea; Rufián Henares, José Ángel; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (American Chemical Society, 2020-03)
      Wood extracts are one of the most important natural sources of industrially obtained tannins. Their use in the food industry could be one of the biggest (most important) recent innovations in food science as a result of ...
    • Reduction of liver abscesses in feedlot cattle by the addition of tannins on diet 

      Cabral, C.; Redondo, Enzo Alejandro; Delgado, Fernando Oscar (Ediciones INTA, 2019-08)
      Liver abscess is a common disorder of feedlot cattle developed usually after ruminal acidosis. Despite of this condition is generally asymptomatic, it causes economic losses due to the reduction of feed efficiency. Routinely, ...
    • Study of antioxidant capacity and metabolization of quebracho and chestnut tannins through in vitro gastrointestinal digestion-fermentation 

      Molino, Silvia; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique; Giovando, Samuele; Rufián Henares, José Ángel (Elsevier, 2018-10)
      Quebracho (QUE) and chestnut (CHE) are natural sources of tannins, but there are no connection between QUE, CHE and human health. The study investigated the antioxidant response and metabolization of tannin extracts trough ...
    • Tannins and bacitracin differentially modulate gut microbiota of broiler chickens 

      Diaz Carrasco, Juan Maria; Redondo, Enzo Alejandro; Pin Viso, Natalia Daniela; Redondo, Leandro Martin; Farber, Marisa Diana; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (2018-02)
      Antibiotic growth promoters have been used for decades in poultry farming as a tool to maintain bird health and improve growth performance. Global concern about the recurrent emergence and spreading of antimicrobial ...