Improvement of protein value of poor wheat diet by supplementation with limiting amino acids.

Daniel, V. A. and Desai, B. L. M. and Narayanaswamy, D. and Kurien, S. and Swaminathan, M. and Parpia, H. A. B. (1970) Improvement of protein value of poor wheat diet by supplementation with limiting amino acids. Nutrition Reports International, 1. pp. 169-174.

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Abstract

The PER of a pOOl: wheat diet (fWD) increased to a highly significant extent from 2.28 to 2.82 by supplementation with lysine. Addition of threonine or methionine along with lysine did not bring about any further increase in PER while addition of a mixture of the above three essential amino acids resulted in a further significant increase in PER to 3.21. The results are of great importance to developing countries as they have shown that the protein quality of poor wheat diets could be effectively improved by fortification with lysine.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	poor wheat diet, lysine, fortification, essential amino acids
Subjects:	600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 13 Nutrition-Human 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value > 02 Amino acids
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	21 Mar 2014 07:36
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2014 07:36
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/4358

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