Effect of Methionine, Vitamin B12 and Antibiotics Supplementation on Protein Nutritive Value of Navy Beans.
- 1 April 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 115 (4) , 890-893
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-115-29067
Abstract
Summary Supplementation with methionine and or Vit. B12 failed to correct growth depression but reduced mortality in rats fed ran navy beans. Antibiotics supplementation prevented weight losses and in combination with methionine and Vit. B12 promoted limited growth. Rats fed autoclaved beans supplemented with methionine grew as well as rats fed casein. Protein efficiency ratio (PER) values of autoclaved beans supplemented with Vit. B12 and or antibiotics were significantly loner than of those beans supplemented with methionine. Antibiotics may act to overcome growth depression by increasmg the digestibility or absorption of nutrienti and it is suggested that antibiotics may also act by inhibiting an enzyme involved in liberating a “bound” growth inhibitor from raw beans.Keywords
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- Methionine Supplementation of Processed Soybeans in the RatJournal of Nutrition, 1962