brachystegia eurycoma is predominantly grown in the eastern region of nigeria. its seed is used in food majorly as a soup condiment, flavouring agent and soup thickener. the proximate, mineral and amino acid compositions were determined on raw and processed seeds (boiled, fermented and roasted) using standard analytical techniques. the processing methods showed deviations in nutrients from the ...

in recent years considerable interest has been focused on the plasma amino acid patterns as a possible index of protein malnutrition, in children. thus a change in the ratio of non-essential to essential amino acids is considered to be significant in the development of protein malnutrition. the present paper reports a simplified and rapid chromatographic procedure for the determination of this ...

A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the effects of feeding DDGS to poultry. Corn DDGS is an excellent feed ingredient for use in layer, broiler, duck and turkey diets and contains approximately 85% of the energy value in corn, has moderate levels of protein and essential amino acids, and is high in available phosphorus. Layer and broiler diets can easily contain up to 10% DD...

background: hypothermia is an important complication during surgery, especially in children and is highly associated with serious adverse outcomes. one of the preventive methods is the intraoperative administration of amino acids, which can be effective through increasing thermogenesis and stimulating energy consumption. no studies have been conducted in this regard on children; therefore, we e...

using uv-vis spectrophotometic method, the formation constants for interaction of cd2+(aq) andco2+(aq) ions with l-alanine were experimentally studied at ph = 4.1 ± 0.01 (50mm of potassiumhydrogen phthalate buffer), ionic strength of 0.1m potassium nitrate and at 5 differenttemperatures 15,20, 25,30 and 35°c. the optical absorption spectra of mixtures containingconsidered cations and l-alanine ...

amino acids have been extensively used in several processes of the pharmaceutical and food industries. treatments for the recovery and reuse of the wastewaters generated from these processes are few and little known. this work aims at studying the influence of different variables on the sorption of l-cysteine, contained in aqueous solutions, on clinoptilolite mineral. l-cysteine (cys) was sorbe...

caviar is one of the valuable and most popular fish products all over the world that are obtained from sturgeons. nowadays, the wild resources of these fishes are diminished, therefore, to meet the demand for the product, farming sturgeons has been considered. the chemical composition and the amino acids profiles of the wild and farmed roe obtained from beluga (huso huso) were compared and the ...

The responses of whole body protein and glucose kinetics and of nitrogen (N) metabolism to non-protein energy intake (NPEI) were determined using an isotope dilution approach and measurement of N balance in three adult male goats. The diets containing 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 times ME maintenance requirement, with fixed intake of CP (1.5 times maintenance) and percentage of hay (33%), were fed twice da...

Methionine is critical in amino acid nutrition for chickens, yet details of the flux of Met metabolites in the avian system are lacking. This study explored the interactions among dietary choline (CHO), betaine (BET), and sulfur amino acid levels on growth and hepatic homocysteine (HCY) remethylation. Graded levels (0, 0.07, 0.11, and 0.24%) of DL-Met were added to diets adequate in CHO and def...

This experiment was conducted to determine standardized ileal amino acid digestibility (SIAAD) of commonly used feed ingredients in poultry diets in Pakistan. These feed ingredients included corn, rice broken (RB), rice polishings (RP), wheat bran (WB), sunflower meal (SFM), cottonseed meal (CSM), guar meal (GM), soybean meal (SBM) from India and Argentine and fish meal (FM). The SIAAD of each ...