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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Digestibility and metabolism of flour from two yam species (d. dumetorum and d. rotundata) in school age children
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Volume 34, No. 3, Year 1995
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Description
The digestibility and metabolism in school age children of diets from two yam species (D. dumetorum and D. rotundata) are compared. Ten boys aged 65 to 84 months, with heights and weights close to NCHS reference values, were fed meals deriving half of their protein and almost all of their starch from either of the two yam species. After 6 days of adaptation, food intake, stool and urine were collected for 4 days and analysed. Feeding diet based on D. dumetorum resulted in higher apparent protein digestibility, net protein retention and net protein utilisation of 63.5, 46.2 and 29.8, respectively, compared to 56.1, 36.1 and 20.6 for D. rotundata-based diet. © 1995, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mbome, Lape I.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre de Nutrition
Congo, Pointe Noire
Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement Congo
Agbor, Egbe T.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre de Nutrition
Statistics
Citations: 5
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/03670244.1995.9991462
ISSN:
03670244
e-ISSN:
15435237
Research Areas
Food Security
Maternal And Child Health
Participants Gender
Male