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. 2022 Aug 12;12(4):61-70.
doi: 10.1093/af/vfac051. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Nutritional values and health benefits of dromedary camel meat

Isam T Kadim  1 , Issa S Al-Amri  1 , Abdulaziz Y Alkindi  1 , Quazi M I Haq  1
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Nutritional values and health benefits of dromedary camel meat

Isam T Kadim et al. Anim Front. .
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Keywords: bioactive; camel; functional properties; health benefits; nutritive value.

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Figure 1.
The amounts of meat from different species required to supply the daily requirements of essential amino acids for adults (70 kg body weight) based on mean nitrogen requirement of 105mg nitrogen/kg/day (0.66g protein/kg/day) recommended by WHO (2002).
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Figure 2.
Average concentrations of carnosine, anserine, and taurine in camel middle gluteal muscle. From Dunnett et al. (1997) and Dunnett and Harris (1997).
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Figure 3.
Average concentrations of free carnitine, acylcarnitine, and total carnitine in camel muscle tissue. (Alhomida et al., 1995).
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