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Evaluation of the nutrition value of Vernonia amygdalina leaf protein concentrates for infant weaning foods

Agbede, J. and Adegbenro, M. and Aletor, O. and Mohammed, A. (2007) Evaluation of the nutrition value of Vernonia amygdalina leaf protein concentrates for infant weaning foods. Acta Alimentaria, 36 (3). pp. 387-393. ISSN 0139-3006

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Abstract

Vernonia amygdalina Del leaf meal (LM), leaf protein concentrates (LPC) and LPC fibre residues (LR) were characterised and the biological activity of LPC was studied. Five infant weaning foods based on V. amygdalina -LPC (VALPC) were compared with three coded commercial infant weaning foods in a 4-week feeding trial using rats as animal model. The LM contained 318.2±2.11 g kg−1 crude protein and this increased by 38.5% to 517.4±1.20 g kg−1 in LPC. Also, the LM contained 96.0±1.8 g kg−1 crude fibre and this decreased by 81.25% to 18.0±1.1 g kg−1 in LPC. The gross energy in the LM (1.56 MJ kg−1) increased by 17.9% to 1.90 MJ kg−1 in LPC. The LPC contained higher Na, Ca, Mg, K and Fe than either the LM or LR, while fractionation reduced phytin and tannin contents. Rats fed solely on VALPC lost weight in the biological activity trial. Rats fed 25% VALPC+75% soybean meal (SBM) combination had the highest final weight (FW), while rats fed CFN, a coded commercial food, had the smallest. It was concluded that 25% VALPC+75% SBM mixture is the optimal combination.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QD Chemistry / kémia > QD01 Analytical chemistry / analitikai kémia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2017 07:30
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2017 07:30
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/48528

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