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Infant food based on coconut protein, groundnut protein isolate and skim milk powder. II. Overall growth promoting value and supplementary value to poor cereal diets.

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Title Infant food based on coconut protein, groundnut protein isolate and skim milk powder. II. Overall growth promoting value and supplementary value to poor cereal diets.
 
Creator Rama Rao, G.
Indira, K.
Ramanatham, G.
Chandrashekhara, M. R.
 
Subject 03 Child nutrition
03 Proteins
02 Coconut
33 Nuts
 
Description The nutritive value of a spray-dried infant food described in Part I was studied by
growth experiments on albino rats. The growth of albino rats on the infant food diet was
15.3 g. as compared with 13.9 g. for a control milk food of a similar composition. A 3 : I
blend of infant food and cane sugar promoted a weekly growth rate of 18.1 g. as compared
with 16.1 g. obtained for a similar blend of control milk food and sugar. No significant
differences were observed in the contents of liver-protein and fat but protein and calcium
contents of the carcasses of animals receiving infant food were lower than of those receiving
milk food. When incorporated at 20% level (providing about 5% of extra protein) in
maize-tapioca diets and at 10% level in rice diets, the food was as effective in promoting
growth in rats. However, in the compositions of the liver and carcass there were some
significant though inconsistent differences, between the diets on maize-tapioca and rice.
The livers of rats receiving the supplement of infant food or milk food were normal, indicating
that both the supplements were effective in correcting the protein deficiency in the
diets and in preventing liver damage which occurred in the unsupplemented diets.
 
Date 1964
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/4391/1/J.%20Sci.%20Fd%20Agric.%2C%201964%2C%20Vol.%2015%2C%20December.pdf
Rama Rao, G. and Indira, K. and Ramanatham, G. and Chandrashekhara, M. R. (1964) Infant food based on coconut protein, groundnut protein isolate and skim milk powder. II. Overall growth promoting value and supplementary value to poor cereal diets. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture, 15. pp. 841-846.