Sago starch is a locally grown and produced starch resource in Malaysia. In this study, corn starch to sago starch ratios (CS:SS) of 0:20, 5:15, 10:10, 15:5 and 20:0 were included in feed mixture to contain 20% starch and produce five isonitrogenous and isocaloric (30% crude protein and 16.7 kJ/g, respectively) tilapia Oreochromis sp. diets. Diets were preconditioned to contain 40% moisture and...

1. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed on either a purified, fibre-free diet or a diet in which half the maize starch was replaced with uncooked amylomaize or potato starch (equivalent to 100 or 200 g amylase-resistant starch (ARS)/kg diet respectively). Changes in short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), pH, ammonia and a number of bacterial variables in caecal contents were then assessed. 2. Both ARS su...

Palo (Curcuma leucorrhiza) starch is isolated from palo tuber, which is better known as hidden lilly and distributed in the hilly areas of Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhatishgarh. Its rhizomes are good source of starch. The starch extracted from the rhizomes has good application as herbal medicines, different foods and food ingredients such as palo laddu which is used specially during f...

arthrobotrysamerospora (atcc 34468) produced glucoamylase in a semi-synthetic medium containing starch as a sole carbon source. polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of crude glucoamylase showed three isoenzymes. they were designated as glu i, glu ii and glu iii according to their electrophoretic mobility. these iso-glucoamylases were purified by column chromatography using deae-sephadex a-50. the...

Napiergrass can produce large amounts of biomass and its nutritive value has a significant effect on its effectiveness for animal production. However, temperature and drought stress limit its productivity. Drought-tolerant pearl millet · napiergrass hybrid (PMN) varieties were developed and produce high biomass yields. The nutritional content and digestibility of PMN is not well known, which li...

BACKGROUND Dietary sugar and starch affect plasma glucose and insulin concentrations. Little information is available about the effect of dietary fibre on plasma glucose and insulin concentration. It is hypothesized that different dietary fibre compositions will alter post-prandial glycaemic- and insulinemic index of test meals. The objective was to measure postprandial glucose and insulin conc...

The nutritive and anti-nutritive components of raw Detarium microcarpum seed meals (DSM), and its’ impact on performance and blood constituents were investigated in broilers. Day-old broilers (n=225) were randomly assigned to five treatments at graded levels of 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% DSM in a completely randomized design. Feed and water were given ad libitum till56 days. The analyzed DSM containe...

Faecal moisture content can determine whether faeces appear soft or firm, and faecal character can influence whether owners are satisfied with a dog food. In a previous study, dogs appeared to produce softer faeces after noon. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether time of defecation affected canine faecal water content. A total of eight hound dogs were fed one of four canned...

Dietary beans and peas provide fibre, resistant starch and other nutrients that are often lacking in the human diet. The influence of native starches of beans and peas (and microwaved preparations) on N utilisation, biochemical indices in blood serum and caecal ecosystem state (SCFA, bacterial enzymes, micro-organisms) was studied in vivo. The native pea starch contained more resistant starch c...

New estimates of fibre in the diet in Britain Intakes of dietary fibre or its components have been (inversely) related to the prevalence of several diseases of the intestinal tract, including cancer, and to ischaemic heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Recent reports on diet and health have accepted that benefit is likely to accrue from an increased intake of dietary fibre, particularly cerea...