TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740590205
IS  - 2
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
TI  - Chemical composition and protein quality of newly released groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L ) cultivars
A1  - Jambunathan, R
A1  - Gurtu, S
A1  - Raghunath, K
A1  - Kannan, S
A1  - Sridhar, R
A1  - Dwivedi, S L
A1  - Nigam, S N
N1  - Wc thank M C' Sckhar and G Sonlir Raju for technical
assistance.
SN  - 0022-5142
VL  - 59
N2  - 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.
SP  - 161
Y1  - 1992///
EP  - 167
ID  - icrisat3105
KW  - groundnut. season
KW  -  wholc sccd
KW  -  blanched. chemical composition.
minerals and trace elements
KW  -  amino acid composition. lruc digcstih~lity. ncl
protcin utilisalion
KW  -  biological value.
JF  - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
ER  -