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Effect of Karnal Bunt Disease on the Milling, Rheological and Nutritional Properties of Wheat: Studies on Some Chemical Constituents and Biological Effects
Author(s) -
GOPAL SHYAMA,
SEKHON K.S.,
BAJAJ K.L.,
SAIGAL R.P.,
SINGH HARCHARAN
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2621.1988.tb09324.x
Subject(s) - biology , aflatoxin , wheat grain , veterinary medicine , agronomy , zoology , food science , medicine
The effect of Karnal bunt disease at 1,3,5, and 10% level of diseased grain infection on trimethylamine content, phenolic acids was found to increase with progressive increase in disease infection. Aflatoxin was absent in both healthy and infected wheats. Rat feeding with different percentages of Karnal bunt‐infected diets showed no adverse effect on the feed acceptability. Rather, animals fed diets having 5 and 10% infected wheat showed higher feed intake. Diets having 10% infected wheat resulted in reduced liver weight, white blood cell, and monocyte counts.