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The effect of supplementing a poor Indian ragi diet with L-lysine and DL-threonine on the digestibility coefficient, biological value and net utilization of the proteins and on nitrogen retention in children.
Daniel, V. A. and Leela, K. and Doraiswamy, T. R. and Rajalakshmi, D. and Venkat Rao, S. and Swaminathan, M. and Parpia, H. A. B. (1965) The effect of supplementing a poor Indian ragi diet with L-lysine and DL-threonine on the digestibility coefficient, biological value and net utilization of the proteins and on nitrogen retention in children. Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2. pp. 138-143.
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Abstract
Ragi is consumed as a staple food by the low income groups of the population in certain parts of India, Ceylon and Africa. l The nitrogen metabolism studies on poor ragi diet carried out in children have shown that the apparent digestibility of the proteins was low (53%) and the retention of nitrogen was only about 10% ofintake.2 The nitrogen retention was not adequate to promote optimal growth of children. Studies with albino rats have shown that the PER of poor ragi diet (2.05) increased to 237 when supplemented with I-lysine and to 2.76 when supplemented with I-lysine and dl·threonine." It was therefore considered of interest and importance to study the effect of supplementation of ragi diet with I-lysine and dl-threonine on the retention of nitrogen, biological value and net utilization of the proteins in children
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ragi diet, l-lysine,dl-threonine, children |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 03 Child nutrition 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value > 03 Proteins 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 21 Cereals > 05 Ragi (Finger Millet) |
| Divisions: | Dept. of Biochemistry |
| Depositing User: | Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2013 05:04 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2013 05:04 |
| URI: | http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/6003 |
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