Nutritional assessment of three Chinese indigenous legumes in growing rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1573-1580

  Wong, K H ^a   Cheung, P C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dolichos lablab; Net protein ratio; Phaseolus angularis; Phaseolus calcaratus; Protein efficiency ratio; True protein digestibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FOOD INTAKE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

EID: 0032168999     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(98)00131-6     Document Type: Article

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