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Table 1 Enzymatic tannin removal from wheat straw at different concentration of tannase

From: Treatment of wheat straw using tannase and white-rot fungus to improve feed utilization by ruminants

Tannase concentration

Tannase activity, IU

Remaining tannin, g/100 g WS

Tannin degradation, %

Gallic acid produced, g/100 g WS

Raw wheat straw (control)

0.0 ± 0.00

3.60 ± 0.05 (100%)

0.0 ± 0.00

0.0 ± 0.00

WS + tannase (0.1%)

423 ± 11.6

1.80 ± 0.04 (50.3%)

49.7 ± 0.99

1.5 ± 0.03

WS + tannase (0.2%)

846 ± 27.5

1.02 ± 0.01 (28.3%)

71.7 ± 1.79

2.2 ± 0.06

WS + tannase (0.3%)

1269 ± 47.6

0.33 ± 0.002 (8.9%)

91.1 ± 2.7

2.8 ± 0.09

  1. WS = wheat straw.