Prof. Dr. Harinder P.S. Makkar

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Animal Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Husbandry
Keywords	Agroindustrial and Forestry Byproduct Utilization , Antinutritional Factors and Animal Nutrition, Biotechnology in Animal Production, Feed Evaluation Approaches, Rumen Fermentation, Biochemistry and Ecology

Current contact address

Country	Germany
City	Stuttgart
Institution	Universität Hohenheim
Institute	Institut für Tierproduktion in den Tropen und Subtropen (490)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Klaus Becker	Institut für Tierproduktion in den Tropen und Subtropen (490), Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship	01/11/1991

Programme(s)

1991	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2003	E. M. Aregheore, K. Becker, Harinder P.S. Makkar: Detoxification of a toxic variety of Jatropha curcas using heat and chemical treatments, and preliminary nutritional evaluation with rats. In: S. Pac. J. Nat. Sci, 2003, 50-56
1995	Degen, A. Makkar, H.P.S., Becker, K. and Borowy, N.: Acacia saligna as a fodder tree for desert livestock and the interaction of its tannin with fibre fraction. . In: J. Sci. Food Agric., 1995, 67-71
1995	Makkar, H.P.S., Becker, K., Abel, Hj and Szegletti, C. Degaradation of condensed tannins by rumen microbes exposed to quebracho tannins (QT) in rumen simulation technique (RUSITEC) and effects of QT on fermentation processes in the RUSITEC. . In: J. Sci. Food Agric., 1995, 495-500
1995	Makkar, H.P.S., Blümmel, M. and Becker, K.: Formation of complexes between polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polethylene glycol with tannins and their implications in gas production and true digestibility in in vitro techniques. Br. J. Nutr. 73, 897-913. . In: Br. J. Nutr., 1995, 897-913
1995	Makkar, H.P.S., Blümmel, M. and Becker, K.: In vitro effects and interactions of tannins and saponins and fate of tannins in rumen. . In: J. Sci. Food Agric., 1995, 481-493
1995	Makkar, H.P.S., Borowy, N., Becker, K. and Degen, A.: Some problems in fiber determination in tannin-rich forages. . In: Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. , 1995, 67-76
1994	Makkar, H.P.S. and Becker, K.: Isolation of tannins from trees and shrubs and their properties. . In: J. Agric. Food Chem., 1994, 731-734
1993	Makkar, H.P.S. and Becker, K.: Behaviour of tannic acid from various commercial sources towards some chemical and protein precipitation assays. . In: J. Sci. Food Agric. , 1993, 295-299
1993	Makkar, H.P.S., Blummel, M., Borowy, N.K., and Becker, K.: Gravimetric determination of tannins and their correlations with chemical and protein precipitation methods. . In: J. Sci. Food Agric., 1993, 161-165
1993	Makkar, H.P.S. and Becker, K.: Vanillin-HCl method for condensed tannins: effect of organic solvents used for extraction of tannins. J. Chem. Ecol. 19, 613-621. . In: J. Chem. Ecol., 1993, 613-621