Nutritional and physiological responses of young growing rats to diets containing raw cowpea seed meal, protein isolate (globulins), or starch

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Olivera, Leticia ^a   Rodriguez Canul, Rossana ^a   Pereira Pacheco, Fabiola ^b   Cockburn, Joanna ^c   Soldani, Florinda ^c   McKenzie, Norma H ^c   Duncan, Michelle ^c   Olvera Novoa, Miguel A ^a   Grant, George ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cowpeas; Globulins; Intestine; Nutritional properties; Pancreas; Rat; Starch

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLOBULIN; LIPID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; DIET; FIBER; GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; SEEDS; STARCH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0037223862     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0257749     Document Type: Article

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