Development of a method to determine carotenoid composition of fresh forages. Can. J. Plant Sci. 88: 1057Á1064. Due to the limited interest in carotenoids in ruminant diets until recently, analyses of forages are often incomplete, focusing mainly on b-carotene and lutein. Carotenoid composition of green forage from middle mountain meadow was analyzed by HPLC after extraction and elimination of chlorophylls by mild saponification. This method of analysis uses two C 18 columns in series with a quaternary gradient system. Our method allowed, for the first time, the identification and quantification of several xanthophylls other than lutein (i.e., violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, epilutein) in chlorophyll-free extracts from carotenoidrich forage. The intra-day (3.5Á7.5%) and inter-day (1.2Á3.5%) coefficients of variation are suitable for routine determination of carotenoids in green forage. This method could also be used in metabolic studies of these micronutrients in ruminants.Key words: Xanthophylls, carotenoids, fresh forage, HPLC Cardinault, N., Lyan, B., Doreau, M., Chauveau, B., Rock, E. et Grolier, P. 2008. De´veloppement d'une me´thode afin de de´terminer la composition en carote´noı¨des de fourrages frais. Can. J. Plant Sci. 88: 1057Á1064. En raison de l'inte´reˆt limitej usqu'a`maintenant pour les carote´noı¨des dans les re´gimes des ruminants, les analyses sont souvent incomple`tes et se focalisant principalement sur le b-carote`ne et la lute´ine. La composition en carote´noı¨des d'un fourrage vert d'une prairie de moyenne montagne a e´te´analyse´e par CLHP apre`s extraction et e´limination des chlorophylles par une saponification mode´re´e. Cette me´thode d'analyse utilise deux colonnes C18 en se´rie avec un syste`me de gradient quaternaire. Notre me´thode a permis pour la premie`re fois d'identifier et de quantifier plusieurs autres xanthophylles (violaxanthine, antheraxanthine, epiluteine) que la luteine dans un extrait de fourrage riche en carote´noı¨des de´pourvu de chlorophylles Les coefficients de variations intra-jour (3,5%-7,5%) et inter-jour (1,2%-3,5%) sont adapte´s pour une analyse courante des carote´noı¨des dans les fourrages verts. Cette me´thode pourrait aussi eˆtre utilise´e dans des e´tudes me´taboliques sur ces micronutriments chez les ruminants.
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