Nutritive Value of Sweet Potato Starch. Part III

Starch phosphorylase inhibitor from sweet potato.

A protein, starch phosphorylase inhibitor, was purified from the root of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam. cv Tainon 65). It had a molecular weight of 250,000 and could be composed of five identical subunits. The isoelectric point of the inhibitor was 4.63. It was a noncompetitive inhibitor toward the sweet potato enzyme with a K(i) value of 1.3 x 10(-6) molar when glucose-1-P was the var...

Ensiling of Sweet Potato Leaves (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) and the Nutritive Value of Sweet Potato Leaf Silage for Growing Pigs

The effect of adding carbohydrate-rich feedstuffs to sweet potato leaves (SPL) on silage quality was studied using a total of 180 laboratory silos. Silage quality was assessed by changes of pH, dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N). Pre-wilted SPL was mixed with cassava root meal (CRM), sweet potato root meal (SPM) or sugar cane molasses (Mo) at levels of 0, 30, 60 an...

Characterization of Digestion Resistance Sweet Potato Starch Phosphodiester

Purpose: To analyze the physicochemical properties and in vitro digestibility of sweet potato starch phosphodiester prepared using sodium trimetaphosphate. Methods: The physicochemical properties of sweet potato starch phosphodiester were analyzed by using infrared spectrometry (IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and rapid visco-analyser (RVA). In addition, an in vitro digestibility m...

The gene structure of starch phosphorylase from sweet potato.

a-Glucan phosphorylases are of key importance among the enzymes controlling the entry of storage polysaccharides into the glycolytic pathway in microbes, animals, and plants. The enzymes catalyze the reversible phosphorolysis of cu-l,4-glucosidic linkages in glucan substrates. Among SP from higher plants, those from potato are best studied. They are classified into L and H types depending on th...

The nutritive value of potato protein for the pig.