Information on antinutritional factors in Sesbania fodders is limited. Sesbania grandiflora foliage and flowers contain sterols, saponins and tannins (Fojas et al., 1982). The levels of condensed tannins and crude saponins in the leaves were estimated to be 4 and 2% DM respectively (Suchitra et al., 2008). Sesbania grandiflora also contains canavanine, whose nutritional implications are little known, and a toxin poisonous to fish (Cook et al., 2005). Agati foliage should not be fed to poultry and only as a supplement (< 30%) to ruminants (Ash et al., 1992).
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