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Nutritional evaluation of a protein concentrate and of carotenes derived from Dunaliella bardawil

Author(s) -

Mokady Shoshana,

Cogan Uri

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

journal of the science of food and agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782

H-Index - 142

eISSN - 1097-0010

pISSN - 0022-5142

DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740420307

Subject(s) - dunaliella , carotene , lysine , food science , carotenoid , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , botany , amino acid , algae

The quality of the protein of the green alga Dunaliella bardawil was evaluated with rats and observed to have a protein efficiency ratio of 1.2. The protein was found to be limited by lysine, containing 70% of the optimum amount recommended for growing rats, only 60% of which was available. The carotenes of the alga were absorbed and recovered as retinol in the liver of rats, in a proportion similar to that of commercial β‐carotene.

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