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The assessment of chemical composition and biological activity of faba bean pods as a potential feed additive utilized in piglets nutrition (2025)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Vlasova, Inna

Krüsselmann, Philip (WE 4)

Kostenko, Yuliia

Obrebski, Maciej

Granica, Sebastian

Vahjen, Wilfried (WE 4)

Zentek, Jürgen (WE 4)

Rownicki, Marcin

Piwowarski, Jakub P.

Quelle

Scientific reports

Bandzählung: 15

Seiten: 1234

ISSN: 2045-2322

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-84925-9

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-84925-9

Pubmed: 39775144

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14195 Berlin
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tierernaehrung@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

The study addresses the utilization of food waste by-products from faba bean (Vicia faba L.) pods (FBP) as an alternative feed supplement to promote sustainable piglet growth by reducing antimicrobial use. Objectives include evaluation of FBP in terms of nutritional components (proximate composition, fibres, minerals), phytochemical composition (total phenols, HPLC-MS profiling), and in vitro biological activities. Air-dried FBP from the cultivar ‘Bizon’ contained high levels of crude protein (144 g/kg), dietary fibre (413 g/kg), potassium (27.8 g/kg), and iron (126 mg/kg). Phytochemical analysis of methanolic extract from FBP revealed significant levels of polyphenols, including vestitol, piscidic acid, hydroxyeucomic acid, quercetin, and kaempferol glycosides with no detectable tannins. The extract showed negligible activity against porcine digestive enzymes (α-amylase, lipase, and trypsin) (IC50 > 4 mg/mL) and demonstrated a dose-dependent antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica in concentrations of 1–8 mg/mL. The extract had low cytotoxicity (IC50 = 432.6 µg/mL) against IPEC-J2 – cells derived from porcine jejunal epithelium. The results indicate that FBP ‘Bizon’ is a valuable source of bioactive compounds with antibacterial properties, without adverse effects on porcine enzymes or IPEC-J2 cells, supporting its potential as a sustainable feed in piglet nutrition, in line with circular economy concepts.