Evaluation of the nutritional value of the amaranth plant I. Raw and heat-treated grain tested in experiments on growing rats

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-59

  Andrásofszky, Emese ^a   Szocs Z ^b   Fekete, S ^a   Jelenits, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amaranth grain; Antinutritive factor; Heat treatment; Net protein utilisation; Protein quality; Rat growth test

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031603939     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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