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Nutritional ranking of 30 Brazilian genotypes of cowpeas including determinatio...
Carvalho, Ana Fontenele Urano; Sousa, Nathanna Mateus de; Farias, Davi Felipe; Rocha-Bezerra, Lady Clarissa Brito da; Silva, Renata Maria Pereira daThis study aimed to establish a nutritional ranking of 30 genotypes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp). The results showed the proximate composition varies among genotypes in protein (20–30%) and dietary fiber contents (20–35%), in protease inhibitors (2–4 UI/mg protein), lectin (40,000–640,000 UH/kg meal) and essential amino acid levels, in vitro protein digestibility (30–40%) and in the apparent concentrat...
Preliminary assessment of the nutritional composition of underexploited wild le...
Carvalho, Ana Fontenele Urano; Farias, Davi Felipe; Rocha-Bezerra, Lady Clarissa Brito da; Sousa, Nathanna Mateus de; Cavalheiro, Mariana GiovenardiThe seeds of 14 wild legume species from Brazil were analyzed to assess their potential as food. The seeds showed high levels of crude protein (10.9–50.0%), dietary fiber (0.8–52.3%) and energy (905–1804 kJ 100 g 1 ), and the amino acid composition (mg g 1 N) was comparable to that of soybeans, but with higher amounts of lysine (456–10,884) and histidine (199–918). The seeds showed lectin activity (20– 2560 and...
Desenvolvimento e performance reprodutiva de camundongos Swiss em ambiente enri...
Carvalho, Ana de Fátima F. Urano; Araújo, Ana Jérsia; Farias, Davi Felipe; Rocha-Bezerra, Lady Clarissa Brito da; Cavalheiro, M. G.The present study investigated the effects of environment enrichment on the development and reproductive perform ance of an outbred Swiss strain. Physical enrichment consisted of free access of animals to tubular devices of different shapes and sizes. The development evaluation was done by monitoring growth rate during 39 days, from weaning (21 days) to the onset of sexual maturity (60 days of age). Over five c...
Alternative method for quantification of alfa-amylase activity
Farias, Davi Felipe; Hissa, Denise Cavalcante; Rocha-Bezerra, Lady Clarissa Brito da; Lima, Glauber Pacelli Gomes de; Carvalho, Ana Fontenele UranoA modification of the sensitive agar diffusion method was developed for macro-scale determination of alfa-amylase. The proposed modifications lower costs with the utilisation of starch as substrate and agar as supporting medium. Thus, a standard curve was built using alfa-amylase solution from Aspergillus oryzae, with concentrations ranging from 2.4 to 7,500 U.mL–1. Clear radial diffusion zones were measured af...