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Improvement of protein value of poor kaffir corn (Sorghum vulgare) diet by supplementation with limiting amino acids.

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Title Improvement of protein value of poor kaffir corn (Sorghum vulgare) diet by supplementation with limiting amino acids.
 
Creator Narayanaswamy, D.
Desai, B. L. M.
Daniel, V. A.
Kurien, S.
Swaminathan, M.
Parpia, H. A. B.
 
Subject 13 Nutrition-Human
02 Amino acids
02 Maize
 
Description Tbe PER of a pOor kattir corn diet cPKD) increased
to a bighly significant extent from 2.04 to 2.95 as a
result ot supplementation with L-1ysin8. Addition ot
threonine and methionine along with lysine brought about
a sl1gnt further increase' in PER to 3.24. The results are
at considerable importance to developing countries, as
they ha"e shown that the protein quality of poor kaffir
corn diets could be etfectively improved by fortification
with. lysine.
 
Date 1970
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/4355/1/Nutrition%20Reports%20International%201970%201%281%29%20297-303.pdf
Narayanaswamy, D. and Desai, B. L. M. and Daniel, V. A. and Kurien, S. and Swaminathan, M. and Parpia, H. A. B. (1970) Improvement of protein value of poor kaffir corn (Sorghum vulgare) diet by supplementation with limiting amino acids. Nutrition Report International, 1. pp. 297-303. (In Press)