hyla hyla Fatty acids (g/kg of fat) Mean SD Myristic acid 11.81 0.3 Palmitic acid 10.80 1.0 Palmitoleic acid 20.10 1.0 Oleic acid 305.20 8.1 Stearic acid 10.22 0.1 Eicosenoic acid 20.20 4.2 Linoleic acid 420.51 11.2 Linolenic acid 125.72 12.0 Vitamins (mg/kg) Mean SD Vitamin A (retinol) 60.92 0.4 Vitamin B1 (thiamine) 2.70 0.1 Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 14.20 0.1 Vitamin B3 (niacin) 63.20 0.7 Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 46.92 0.5 Minerals (mg/kg) Mean SD Calcium 12.97 0.32 Magnesium 8.06 0.02 Zinc 4.20 0.08 Iron 5.18 0.07 Manganese 0.73 0.01 Copper 1.79 0.04 Antinutrients (g/kg) Mean SD Oxalate 4.80 0.4 Tannin 10.21 0.3
Phytin 0.64 0.03
Phytin P 0.11 0.005 All values were the means of three determinations.
The result is also in line with the report of Modi and Asanzi (2008) that Magnesium was confirmed to be a major constituent of chlorophyll, protochlorophyll, pectin and
phytin in maize; and the crop Mg removal is 40 kg [ha.sup.-1] MgO.
Structure and function of metal chelators produced by plants: the case for organic acids, amino acids,
phytin and metallothioneins.
However, a large part of the phosphorus in seeds and grains (and their by-products) is in the form
phytin, an organic phosphorus compound, and this is not well assimilated by some animals--especially poultry, but including pigs.
Digestibility of
phytin phosphorus and intestinal phytase in dairy cows ans sheep.
Phytase is an enzyme that degrades
phytin or phytic acid.
Phytin is one of the most important forms of organic P in soil.
myo-Inositol is important in the synthesis of
phytin, galactinol, raffinose, and stachyose in soybean seeds and is synthesized by myo-inositol phosphate synthase (MIPS; EC 5.5.1.4; Hegeman et al., 2001; Hitz et al., 2002) and myo-inositol monophosphatase (IMP1; EC 3.1.3.25; Ishitani et al., 1996; Styer et al., 2004).
Early EB, Turk EE (1944) Time and rate of synthesis of
phytin in com grain during the reproductive period.
Organic Phosphate: (i)
Phytin, inositol hexaphosphates 940-50%); (ii) Nucleic acid and its nucleotides (0.6%).
As is the case with most plants, the phosphorus in soybean meal is present largely as phytic acid (
phytin) phosphorus, which is biologically unavailable to the pig.