The Amino Acid Composition and Nutritive Value of Proteins
- 1 August 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 71 (4) , 361-365
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/71.4.361
Abstract
To determine protein requirement using a “balanced” protein, male weanling rats were fed casein-amino acid diets ad libitum for three weeks; these diets provided all the essential amino acids at the minimum required levels. The total protein levels tested ranged from 7 to 15%. The minimum requirement of protein for maximum nitrogen retention was 10% of the diet, whereas for maximum growth it was only 8.8% of protein.Keywords
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