Chemical composition and protein quality of newly released groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L ) cultivars

Jambunathan, R and Gurtu, S and Raghunath, K and Kannan, S and Sridhar, R and Dwivedi, S L and Nigam, S N (1992) Chemical composition and protein quality of newly released groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L ) cultivars. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 59 (2). pp. 161-167. ISSN 0022-5142

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Abstract

Five groundnut (Aruchis hypogueu L) cultivars developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and two local cultivars as controls were grown in post-rainy and rainy seasons at Patancheru, India. They were analysed for their proximate composition, minerals and trace elements, amino acid composition, true protein digestibility (TD), biological value (BV), net protein utilisation (NPU), and protein efficiency ratio. One-hundred seed mass, protein content and TD were significantly higher in the post-rainy season while starch, sugars, BV and NPU were significantly higher in the rainy season. Post-rainy cultivars exhibited higher concentrations of potassium, calcium, iron and several essential and non-essential amino acids. TD of blanched groundnut was better than that of the whole seeds. The composition and protein quality of ICRISAT cultivars were comparable to those of the controls.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: groundnut. season, wholc sccd, blanched. chemical composition. minerals and trace elements, amino acid composition. lruc digcstih~lity. ncl protcin utilisalion, biological value.
Subjects: Mandate crops > Groundnut
Depositing User: Mr Charan Sai Ch
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2011 08:13
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2011 08:13
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3105
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740590205
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Acknowledgement: Wc thank M C' Sckhar and G Sonlir Raju for technical assistance.
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