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Safety of Low Gossypol Cottonseed Kernels
Author(s) -
REBER ELWOOD F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1981.tb04918.x
Subject(s) - gossypol , cottonseed , weaning , food science , body weight , cottonseed meal , zoology , offspring , chemistry , raw material , biology , biochemistry , pregnancy , endocrinology , soybean meal , genetics , organic chemistry
The safety of low gossypol raw, cooked, or roasted cottonseed kernels ground into flour was determined. Growing females utilized cooked or roasted cottonseed more efficiently than raw cottonseed or control diet. The percentages of pups alive at birth surviving to 4 days were significantly higher for rats fed raw or cooked cottonseed than roasted cottonseed. There were no significant differences observed in average body weight at parturition, at weaning time of dams or weight of offspring due to diet. No detrimental effects due to feeding cottonsed at 20% of the diet were observed.