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Chemical composition and nutritive value of leaf protein concentrate from leucaena leucocephala
Author(s) -
Farinu Gabriel O,
Ajiboye Sunday O,
Ajao Sakiru
Publication year - 1992
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.2740590119
Subject(s) - isoleucine , leucaena leucocephala , leucine , dry matter , arginine , food science , lysine , meal , chemistry , composition (language) , valine , mimosine , biology , amino acid , zoology , botany , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Leaf protein concentrate (LPC) was prepared from Leucaena leucocephala leaf meal (LLM). The recovery of LPC was 7.6 % and analysis showed that the LPC contained 65.91 % crude protein compared with 29.15 % of the LLM, ash content was 17.56% while levels of essential amino acids‐lysine, histidine, arginine, isoleucine and leucine—were 5.57, 2.34, 5.88, 5.42 and 10.8% on a dry matter basis, respectively. The LPC had higher in‐vivo digestibility than the LLM with values being 63.20 and 48.82%, respectively. The LPC diet supported growth in rats but gave lower nutritive indices than the control diet of soya bean and Guinea corn.