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Comparative Study
. 1994 Jun;45(4):321-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF01088081.

Biological utilization of vegetable peas: effect of cooking and varietal differences

K Saharan  1 , N Khetarpaul
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Comparative Study

Biological utilization of vegetable peas: effect of cooking and varietal differences

K Saharan et al. Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

The flour of raw as well as cooked vegetable pea cultivars (Arkal and Bonneville) was used for biological evaluation of their protein quality. Cooking did not have a significant influence on the food intake. There were some differences in the food as well as protein intake and gain in body weights of rats when fed uncooked or cooked pea flour diets. Varietal differences did not seem to influence on apparent digestibility, true digestibility, biological value, net protein utilization and utilisable protein but cooking brought a significant (p < 0.05) improvement in all of above mentioned parameters. Varietal differences as well as cooking exhibited no influence or serum protein concentration.

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