The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Evaluation of Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea) Varieties for Protein Quality


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1 Dept. of Biochemistry, Ind. Inst, of Sci., Bangalore-12, India
2 Dept. of Biochemistry, Punjab Ag. University, Ludhiana, India
     

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Hundreds of varieties of groundnut are known and many are extensively cultivated in India. Groundnut is high in protein content but its quality is limited for lack of certain essential amino acids especially methionine which is invariably reported to be the "most limiting amino acid.
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P. S. Cheema
Dept. of Biochemistry, Ind. Inst, of Sci., Bangalore-12, India
G. S. Ranhotra
Dept. of Biochemistry, Punjab Ag. University, Ludhiana, India

Abstract


Hundreds of varieties of groundnut are known and many are extensively cultivated in India. Groundnut is high in protein content but its quality is limited for lack of certain essential amino acids especially methionine which is invariably reported to be the "most limiting amino acid.