a pancreatopeptidase (elastase) digest index was devised for a rapid and accurate estimation of protein quality. this index was calculated on the basis of all the amino acids released by an in-vitro elastase digestion, acid hydrolyses of same sample and the residue of enzyme hydrolyzed. the amino acids were determined by thin-layer chromatography. samples used were cooked white kidneybeans, coo...

Taitz, L. S., and Byers, H. D. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 257. High calorie/osmolar feeding and hypertonic dehydration. Analysis of the sodium content of milk taken from bottles brought by mothers to feed their babies while waiting in the postnatal clinic indicates that the tendency to use excessive amounts of milk powder in feeds is widespread. The effects of high solute/cal...

BACKGROUND One possible way to support raising large litter sizes in pigs is to offer supplementary, artificial milk ad libitum in the farrowing pen in addition to the sow's milk. In order to evaluate the potential use of this method and its effects on performance and health, supplemented (n = 60) and control sows (n = 60) with their litters were tested over 15 batches in one herd during one ye...

OBJECTIVES This paper reported the effects of commonly used whole soy foods (soy flour) and purified daidzein (one of the major isoflavones and the precursor of equol) on changes in anthropometric measurements and body composition in a 6-month double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial among prehypertensive postmenopausal women who are also equol producers. METHODS 270 eligible women ...

One of us (Webster) has shown that the general non-specific resistance of mice bred at the Rockefeller Institute includes important elements associated with heredity and that, by selective breeding, the general resistance of a mouse population may be altered? We wish now to describe some experiments which demonstrate the effect of diet on host susceptibility to infection and intoxication. For s...

The link (or lack of link) between food commodity prices and consumer prices is an important issue not only for academics but also for policymakers. This paper asks how and to what extent changes in food commodity prices spill over to consumer prices, using a new data set for the euro area as well as a new empirical approach. The authors find that there is a statistically significant link betwe...