Biological evaluation of a nutritional supplement prepared with QPM Maize cultivar BR 473 and other traditional food items.

• Autor(a) principal: Paula, Heberth de
• Data de Publicação: 2004
• Outros Autores: Santos, Rinaldo Cardoso dos, Silva, Marcelo Eustáquio, Glória, Enara Cristina Silva, Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia, Almeida, Nízia Araújo Vieira, Costa, Alexandre Sylvio Vieira da, Malaquias, Luiz Cosme Cotta
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFOP
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/4564; http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-89132004000200012
• topic: Protein; Biological evaluation; Nutritional supplement

Quality Protein Maize (QPM) cultivar BR 473 was employed, together with soybean flour, brown sugar, banana meal and oat meal, for the preparation of a nutritional supplement.. 21-day old male Fisher rats were fed diets containing the supplement as a protein source, both with and without soybean flour; casein diets with 10 or 7% protein served as respective controls. Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER), Net Protein Utilization (NPU), Net Protein Retention (NPR) and Digestibility were determined. Blood biochemical parameters (glucose, cholesterol, urea, hemoglobin, albumin and total protein) were also measured in the animals and showed that all were in good health condition at the end of the experiment. The obtained results for PER, NPU and NPR indicated that the supplement prepared with QPM maize cultivar BR 473 was a good protein source, especially when soybean flour was added.