Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 32-36.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2020.06.006

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Research Advances on the Effects of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Rumen Microorganisms

YANG Ding, Yeruhan, LI Chang-qing, WANG Hui-min, TIAN Feng, SUN Hai-lian, YI Feng-yan   

  1. Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences,Hohhot 010031,China
  • Received:2020-07-23 Online:2020-11-30 Published:2020-12-17

Abstract: Flavonoids such as quercetin exist in a variety of feed crops. As quercetin and other flavonoids have anti-oxidation and anti-inflammatory properties, they can be used as feed additives to replace antibiotics to ensure the livestock health. Based on the research advances in China and abroad in recent years, the action mechanism, the changes in the metabolism of rumen microorganisms, and the effect on host animals and the corresponding research methods of quercetin and other flavonoids are reviewed, in the hope of providing references for basic research of flavonoids such as quercetin in ruminant microbial metabolism as well as the development and application of related products.

Key words: flavonoids, quercetin, rumen microorganisms, metabolism

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