Studies on the nutritional quality of some cucurbit kernel proteins
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Vol. 37 (4) , 418-420
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740370414
Abstract
The nutritional quality of proteins of four cultivated cucurbit species was measured by nitrogen balance. The biological value of muskmelon, watermelon and pumpkin proteins were 59, 64, and 67 respectively. A value of 70 for bittergourd kernels was calculated from chemical score. Lysine was the first limiting essential amino acid in all the proteins. The leucine:isoleucine and leucine:lysine ratios did not show imbalance.Keywords
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