mimosine

Leucaena leaves are very palatable but they also contain a toxic substance called mimosine which can harm your animals if they eat too much of it.

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K4, K743 [hybrid] - low in mimosine, a toxin when fed to animals in quantity.

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We have plenty of lablab beans, pigeon peas and leucaena, including a variety that is hopefully less toxic because it is low in mimosine.

28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996

Varieties K4 and K743 (hybrid) are low in mimosine, a chemical present in leucaena which can be toxic to animals when eaten in large quantities.

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It has also been demonstrated that the effects of some potentially toxic substances (e.g. mimosine from Leucaena) may be considerably reduced where leaves form less than 30% of the diet.

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Fodder quality lower than L. leucocephala but lower in mimosine.

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There is considerable variation in mimosine content between species of L.ucaena and much attention has been paid to the production of interspecific hybrids, often of L. Ieucocephala with either L. diversifolia, L. pallida or L. pulverulenta, to combine low levels of mimosine with high forage production

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JONES, R.J. (1985) Leucaena toxicity and ruminal degradation of mimosine.

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BREWBAKER, J.L. and HYLIN, J.W. (1965) Variations in mimosine content among Leucaena species and related Mimosaceae.

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In non-ruminants, mimosine is absorbed directly into the blood stream where it acts as a protease inhibitor (Liener, 1980).

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