creators_name: Rembialkowska, Ewa
creators_name: Hallmann, Ewelina
creators_name: Rusaczonek, Anna
creators_name: Bennett, Richard
creators_name: Brandt, Kirsten
creators_name: Lueck, Lorna
creators_name: Leifert, Carlo
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2007-03-10
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:34:51
metadata_visibility: show
title: The content of bioactive compounds in rat experimental diets based on organic, low-input and conventional plant materials
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2security
full_text_status: public
keywords: rat feed, organic, conventional, low input, polyphenols
abstract: Rat feed based on raw plant materials was produced according to the nutritional recommendations for rat feeding trials. Rat feeds produced from crops grown under 4 different production systems were used: (a) organic, (b) conventional, (c) low input 1 (organic plant protection was used in combination with mineral fertilizers) and (d) low input 2 (conventional pest management and only organic fertilizers were used). The results showed that rat feeds prepared from the organically produced plants contained more total polyphenols and the nutritionally desirable, bioactive compound lutein. The main objective of analyzing bioactive compounds in the rat feed is to determine whether the differences in composition of feed materials from different production systems could explain any measured differences in impact on the health status of rats. 
date: 2007
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Rembialkowska, Ewa; Hallmann, Ewelina; Rusaczonek, Anna; Bennett, Richard; Brandt, Kirsten; Lueck, Lorna and Leifert, Carlo (2007) The content of bioactive compounds in rat experimental diets based on organic, low-input and conventional plant materials. 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/9912/1/rembialkowska-etal-2007-rats.pdf