Panicum turgidum is one of the most drought resistant plants in the Egyptian desert. Five habitat types were selected for the study: sand dunes (North Sinai and in Wady El-Natrun), gravel desert, coastal plain, and water runnels of a wadi bed (South Sinai and Eastern Desert). About 47.4% of the studied sites were subjected to high grazing pressure, 26.3% to moderate grazing pressure; the remain...

Background and Objectives: The present study was conducted to evaluate the presence of biochemical contents and trace elements, and detect phytochemicals in the edible part extracts of Asparagus officinalis DC and Chlorophytum comosum Linn by HPTLC. Materials and Methods: The biochemical contents and trace elements were determined by different biochemical methods, and trace elements’ presence ...

In order that dietitians and physicians be able to prescribe and give proper suggestions to individuals or groups, regarding their diet, it is desirable to have a knowledge about the nutritive value of the cooked food preparations of that particular place. Such values for South Indian districts have been reported by Devadas (1949), but so far no work has been done on this subject in this State....

on 29th November, 1937, and the following recommendation was made : 'Diet surveys have shown that intake of pulses in various parts of the country might be increased with resulting improvement in the nutritive value of diets based largely on cereals \ In this matter, certain questions arise : (1) Are all the common pulses equally good in nutritive value ? (2) Could they be tolerated in high pro...

background and objectives: the present study was conducted to evaluate the presence of biochemical contents and trace elements, and detect phytochemicals in the edible part extracts of asparagus officinalis dc and chlorophytum comosum linn by hptlc. materials and methods: the biochemical contents and trace elements were determined by different biochemical methods, and trace elements’ presence w...

Florigraze and Arbrook are the most widely used cultivars of perennial peanut in Florida, but their persistence and cattle weight gains have not been compared under continuous grazing. The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate the nutritive value and persistence of both cultivars, as well as to compare the performance (ADG) of 400-lb heifers continuously grazing the two cultivars. In t...

It has been known since 1920 (Johns & Finks, 1920) that the navy bean is an inferior source of protein for rats. Everson & Heckert (1944) reported that raw navy beans were injurious to rats when given at a 10% protein level. They also reported that autoclaving the beans destroyed the injurious effect. Kakade & Evans (1963a, b) confirmed this report and observed that rats given 10% protein as ra...

The partly fermented sap of the coconut palm (COCOS nucifera), called toddy in Malaya, is a popular drink among certain sections of the population in south-east Asia and among the natives of the central Pacific Islands. The methods of obtaining toddy from various species of palm have been described in detail by Gibbs (191 I ) and by Browning & Symons (1916), so that only a brief account need be...