The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Relative Efficacy of Opaque-2 Maize in the Growth of Preschool Children


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Over 85 per cent of the maize produced in India is consumed directly as food. The nutritional quality of maize protein is poor in view of its deficiency in two of the essential amino acids namely lysine and tryptophan, and excess of leucine.
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Joginder Singh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
Sucy Koshy
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
K. N. Agarwal
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
M. L. Lodha
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
N. N. Singh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
A. S. Sethi
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India

Abstract


Over 85 per cent of the maize produced in India is consumed directly as food. The nutritional quality of maize protein is poor in view of its deficiency in two of the essential amino acids namely lysine and tryptophan, and excess of leucine.