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Authors: Pedó I.¹; Sgarbieri V.C.¹; Gutkoski L.C.¹

Source: Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, Volume 53, Number 4, 1999 , pp. 297-304(8)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

Four oat cultivars adapted for soil and climate conditions in the southern region of Brazil were evaluated for protein nutritive value. Evaluations were done both in vitro and in vivo. In vitro evaluation was done by essential amino acid profile, available lysine, amino acid scoring, and protein digestibility corrected amino acid-scoring (PDCAAS). Nitrogen balance indices and PER were determined in vivo with rats. In all four cultivars (UFP-15, UFP-16, CTC-03, UFRGS-14), lysine was the most limiting amino acid. Available lysine, amino acid score and PDCAAS were highest for cultivar UFRGS-14 and lowest for CTC-03. When compared to casein, only nitrogen retention for UFRGS-14 did not differ statistically (p>0.05); all other indices of protein quality were inferior to casein for the oat cultivars. The oat cultivars tended to be identical among themselves, except for apparent protein digestibility which was significantly higher in the UFRGS-14 and CTC-03 cultivars. On average, the PER values of the oat cultivars were 82% of casein; the net protein utilization was 88% of casein as determined in vivo and 49% by the estimation in vitro (PDCAAS).

Keywords: Cultivars; Nutritive value; Oat; Protein

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Av. Brasil 2880, Caixa Postal 139, Campinas, SP, CEP 13073-001, Brasil

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Protein evaluation of four oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivars adapted for cultivation in the south of Brazil