NUTRITIONAL-EVALUATION OF LEAF PROTEIN EXTRACTED FROM 3 AQUATIC PLANTS

Authors
DEWANJI A MATAI S
Citation
A. Dewanji et S. Matai, NUTRITIONAL-EVALUATION OF LEAF PROTEIN EXTRACTED FROM 3 AQUATIC PLANTS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 44(8), 1996, pp. 2162-2166
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
44
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2162 - 2166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1996)44:8<2162:NOLPEF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Proteins extracted from the leaves of Alternanthera philoxeroides, Lem na minor, and Pistia stratiotes were evaluated for their nutritional q uality using rat feeding experiments. It was found that a 3% level of supplementation of leaf protein extracted from L. minor and P. stratio tes significantly improved the nutritive value of a wheat flour diet, thereby indicating that they could be used as supplements in feeds or foods to improve the quality as well as protein levels of deficient di ets.