Protein Quality of Four Peanut Cultivars Grown at Two Locations

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Josephine Miller ◽  
Timothy H. Sanders

Abstract Four cultivars of peanuts (Florigiant, Florunner, Starr and Tamnut) grown at two locations (Lewiston, North Carolina (NC) and Stephenville, Texas (TX)) in the National Regional Variety Trials were evaluated for protein nutritional quality. Peanuts, blanched with a minimum of heat treatment and partially defatted on a Carver press, were extracted with hexane at room temperature. Rats were fed these peanut meals to provide 10% of dietary protein (N × 6.25). PER was calculated as the ratio of weight gained to protein consumed for the 28-day feeding period. Adjusted PER values of the 8 peanut meals ranged from 1.3 to 1.7 compared to a value of 2.5 for the casein control diet. No statistically significant differences existed in PER among the 4 cultivars grown in NC. Florunner and Tamnut produced in TX had lower PER values than Florigiant and Starr grown at the same location. Florigiant, Florunner, and Tamnut grown in NC had lower PER values than the same varieties from TX. Rats were fed diets with Florunner peanut meal supplemented with methionine, lysine, and threonine, singly and in all combinations, for 7-day periods. Differences in protein quality between NC and TX-produced peanuts were overcome by addition of methionine to the diets. When all three amino acids were added, peanut meal from both locations supported growth of young rats equal to that of casein.

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Miller ◽  
R. Dixon Phillips ◽  
C. T. Young

Abstract Peanut protein supported rapid growth in weanling rats when present in the diet in sufficient quantity. Defatted meal was prepared by cold pressing and hexane extraction of oil from seeds of Florunner, Tifrun, UF 70115, Tennessee Red, Tamnut and Comet cultivars of peanuts. A concentration of 16% peanut protein resulted in better growth than 12% protein from all cultivars tested. Increasing protein to 20% of the diet further improved growth of rats fed meal from some, but not all, cultivars of peanuts. Apparent digestibility of nitrogen in the meals was about 92%. Peanut meal is potentially a good source of protein for animal production if the peanuts and meal are properly handled after harvest to maintain the nutritional quality of the product. Some statistically significant differences occurred in growth performance of rats fed meals from the several cultivars of peanuts but these are not likely to be of practical importance. However, they suggest that protein quality of the peanut might be improved by breeding. The nutritional quality of peanut protein is considered to be low because the concentration of several of the essential amino acids is below optimal levels for promoting growth of young animals. When compared with casein in the accepted bioassay for protein efficiency ratio (PER, Neucere et al., 1972) or by the slope-ratio technique (Hegsted et al., 19680), the biological value is commonly found to be 50 to 75% of that of the standard protein. Such tests are conducted with growth-limiting levels of dietary protein and provide little information on the potential capacity of a protein to support an acceptable rate of growth. Carpenter and de Muelenaere (1965) concluded that, under certain conditions, higher levels of poor-quality proteins would result in nearly as good growth of chicks, pigs, and rats as could be obtained with practical diets containing good-quality proteins. Defatted meal from Florunner peanuts, when incorporated into diets to provide 16.7% protein, supported growth of weanling rats at a rate comparable to that obtained with diets containing 12% to 24% of casein (Miller and Young, 1977). This paper describes results of a study similar to that mentioned above using meal from several cultivars of peanuts that are of current commercial or genetic interest.


Author(s):  
F.E. Van Niekerk ◽  
C.H. Van Niekerk

Sixty-four Thoroughbred and Anglo-Arab mares aged 6-12 years were used, of which 40 were non-lactating and 24 lactating. Foals from these 24 mares were weaned at the age of 6 months. Non-lactating and lactating mares were divided into 4 dietary groups each. The total daily protein intake and the protein quality (essential amino-acid content) differed in the 4 groups of non-lactating and 4 groups of lactating mares. The mares were covered and the effect of the quantity and quality of dietary protein on serum progestagen concentrations during pregnancy was studied. A sharp decline in serum progestagen concentrations was recorded in all dietary groups from Days 18 to 40 of pregnancy, with some individual mares reaching values of less than 4 ng/mℓ. Serum progestagen concentrations recorded in some of the non-lactating mares on the low-quality protein diet increased to higher values (p<0.05) than those of mares in the other 3 dietary groups at 35-140 days of pregnancy. A similar trend was observed for the lactating mares on a low-quality protein diet at 30-84 days of pregnancy. No such trends were observed in any of the other dietary groups. High-quality protein supplementation increased serum progestagen concentrations during the 1st 30 days of pregnancy. Lactation depressed serum progestagen concentrations until after the foals were weaned.


1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1884-1888 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Krishnan ◽  
M.I. Chaudhry ◽  
S.V. Babu

Amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe) films, deposited on silicon substrates at room temperature in a molecular beam epitaxy system, were transformed into a single-crystal film and doped with phosphorus by exposure to KrF laser pulses. Electron channeling patterns showed that laser exposure resulted in crystallization of the undoped a-SiGe films. The SiGe films were doped by laser irradiation, using a phosphorus spin-on-dopant. The sheet resistance of the doped films decreased with increasing numbers of pulses, reaching a value of about ∼ 5 × 104 ohms/□ after 15 pulses. I-V data from mesa-type n-SiGe/p-Si diode devices were used to determine the effect of laser processing on the quality of the SiGe films.


1979 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Hulan ◽  
F. G. Proudfoot ◽  
C. G. Zarkadas

1. Squid meal (SqM), produced by grinding and drying the whole squid (Illex illecebrosus) common to the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, contained 645 g protein/kg and appeared limiting with respect to lysine, methionine and cystine.2. Although a comparison of the essential amino acid profiles of SqM with other protein concentrates indicated that SqM was higher than fish meal andsoya-beanmeal but lower than casein or whole-egg protein, these tests could not accurately predict protein quality.3. A new approach is reported for evaluating protein quality of SqM. It was based on the direct chromato-graphic determination of its collagen content, from the amounts of 5-hydroxylysine or 5-hydroxyproline present, and elastin, from the amounts of desmosine or iso-desmosine present. This method can alsobe routinely used to assess the connective tissue content and protein quality of animal protein supplements such as fish, meat-and-bone meals.4. A nutritional evaluation of SqM as a source of protein for poultry was carried out using 320 male and 320 female Cobb chicks fed from I-d-old to 48 d, a control diet containing 50 g/kg fish meal or test diets containing 50 g, 100 g or 150 g SqM/kg.5. Feeding of SqM at a rate of up to IOO g/kg diet resulted in optimum biological response and monetary returns.


Aquaculture ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 213-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Higgs ◽  
Ulf H.M. Fagerlund ◽  
Jack R. McBride ◽  
M.Dianne Plotnikoff ◽  
Bakhshish S. Dosanjh ◽  
...  

1961 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
B. A. Larsen ◽  
W. W. Hawkins

Rats were used to test the digestibility and protein quality of dried preparations of muscle and viscera from cod and haddock, and of liver from cod.The digestibility of the preparations from muscle and viscera was good, and better than that of the preparation from liver.The metabolic utilization of nitrogen and the support of growth were good in the case of the muscle preparation, and poor in the case of the visceral and liver preparations.


1986 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1290-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Hawkins ◽  
J. D. Castell ◽  
V. Leroyer

The rate of excretion of nitrogenous wastes is not only a function of an animal's metabolic status but is also a function of the nutritional quality and quantity of dietary protein. Hourly rates of ammonia excretion by Stage V and Stage VI juvenile lobsters, Homarus americanus, fed purified diets formulated with casein or a purified crab protein, were measured over 24 h postfeeding to evaluate differences in use efficiencies of these two dietary proteins. Hourly ammonia excretion rates by Stages V and VI lobsters fed the casein-based formulated diets were significantly higher than those of animals fed the crab protein formulation. In addition to differences in ammonia excretion rates observed between animals fed the two diets, regular but different recurring patterns in hourly excretion rates were found between Stages V and VI lobsters fed each diet. Our findings illustrate that although the percentage of protein in the food of juvenile lobsters may be similar, the use of the nitrogen component is significantly different. We conclude that the quality of the protein in a diet may be as important (if not more important) as its quantity.


Author(s):  
M. A. Adedokun ◽  
Z. O. Oluwafemi ◽  
A. O. Ayanboye ◽  
G. Oladipupo

Nothing is more important than quality nutrition and adequate feeding of fish in captivity. Undernourished fish in terms of nutrient deficiency, cannot maintain its health for proportionate growth regardless the intense of feeding and quality of the environment. A 49 day-feeding trial was carried out to investigate nutritional quality differential, growth and economics efficiency of some sampled commercially extruded floating feeds, based on frequency of usage among fish farmers in the study area. The sample feeds were sourced from respective distributors covering the zone of study. The feeds were designated as Fd1, Fd2, Fd3, Fd4, Fd5 and Fd6(control), with 3 replicates for each treatment. The examined growth performance, feed utilization and economic efficiency of feeds followed particular trend pattern and significantly different (p<0.05) across the sampled feeds (FW, MWG, SGR, TPI, PER and FCR). Finally, the control diet was least consumed, sustained positive allometry growth pattern  and concomitant marginal profits; than feed 1 and 2 which had sharp drops in the growth pattern of fish after four( 4) weeks.


JTAM ROTARY ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
YOSEPH NETANYAHU SILALAHI ◽  
Mastiadi Tamjidilllah

This research investigates the application of material engineering techniques on Stainless steel SUS 630 so that it not only has good resilience and resistance to corrosive properties but also has hard properties on its surface. In an effort to improve the quality of violence on the surface, among others, by surface hardening technique, one of which is a heat treatment technique by adding nitrogen elements to the surface of a material called the nitriding pack process. The nitrogen source in the pack nitriding process comes from urea (CO(NH2)2) with a nitrogen content of 46%. Parameters for controlling this study using variables by applying temperature variations (4200C, 4700C, 5200C, 5700C, 6200C)  and cooling media (inside the furnace, room temperature, and with fan) with a holding time of 2 hours. To evaluate this study microstructure testing, diffusion layer testing and micro hardness testing were carried out. From the results of the test it was found that there was no significant transformation of the microstructure shape when comparing with raw material, the optimal value of diffusion layer was in the cooling furnace with a temperature of 6200C with an average of 4.57 μm and white layer 0.53 , the highest hardness was at 6200C with cooling in furnace media which has a value of 80.9 HRN.


2021 ◽  
pp. 76-87
Author(s):  
H. E. Abdel-Mobdy ◽  
H. A. Abdel - Aal ◽  
S. L. Souzan ◽  
A. G. Nassar

Fish pickles (made with tomato juice, vinegar, and lemon juice) were made from catfish (Clariasgariepinus) and their nutritional quality were evaluated. The quality of the vinegar pickle was excellent, and the quality of the lemon and tomato juice pickle was satisfactory. The  moisture  content  of  the  pickle  products  ranged  from    67.32  to 67.58%  (Treatment 1 = with  vinegar),  66.60  to  67.03%  (Treatment 2= with  tomato  juice  ),  and  67.18  to  67.55  % (Treatment 3= with lemon juice) up to 90 day storage at ambient temperature. The protein and lipid contents  of  pickle  with  vinegar,  tomato  juice  and  lemon  juice    were  ranged  from  (16.91-16.38  and  13.46-13.78),  (18.01-17.68  and  13.46-13.85)  and  (16.72-16.43  and 13.62-13.97%), respectively; ash content in all sample pickling was ranged from (0.98 to 1.30%). The quality of catfish pickles stored at room temperature was found to be acceptable for consumption after 90 days.


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