in a pot experiment the effect of water stress on the proteins and proline amino acid content of jam, kurosh, pirooz chickpea cultivars (cicer arientinum) were evaluated using a complete block design with factorial treatments inducing cultivars and watering periods, three, six and nine day intervals in three replications. soluble protein and free proline content of the leaf and the root were me...

Abstract The present study aims at the identification and investigation of fatty acid and amino acid profiles in male and female Liza aurata in the southern part of the Caspian Sea, in reproductive (autumn) and non-reproductive (spring) seasons. The results showed difference between the total fatty acids levels in the sexes. Analyses of fatty acids indicated a higher percentage of C16:0, C...

Amino acid dehydrogenases (L-amino acid: oxidoreductase deaminating EC 1.4.1.X) are members of the wider superfamily of oxidoreductases that catalyze the reversible oxidative deamination of an amino acid to its keto acid and ammonia with the concomitant reduction of either NAD+, NADP+ or FAD. These enzymes have been received much attention as biocatalysts for use in biosensors or diagnostic kit...

The objective of this study was to compare milk protein, amino acid and fatty acid content and composition among two breeds of river buffalo (Murrah and Nili-Ravi), and their hybrid F1 and F2 (crossbreeding with local swamp buffalo). The protein and fat content in milk from crossbreed F1 and F2 were significant higher than that of river buffalo, but the milk yield was still lower than Nili-Ravi...

A molecular model for the structure of human ceruloplasmin is proposed that is based on the determination of the complete amino acid sequence, studies of the products of limited proteolytic cleavage, calculations of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic character (hydropathy profile), and predictions of the local secondary structure. This multicopper oxidase (Mr approximately 132,000) consists of a singl...

as growth response, vary from 50–55% in Penaeus japonicus, to 40–46% in Penaeus monodon and over 30–60% in Litopenaeus vannamei (Teshima and Kanazawa, 1984; Cousin et al., 1993). Commercial shrimp feeds contain 30–50% crude protein, composed mostly of marine animal protein products such as fish, shrimp and squid meal. These feed materials have high nutritive value and palatability but are expen...

Protein and energy are the two major components of feed that influence performance of the growing and fattening lambs. Provision of the quality of protein in the lamb’s diet does not only improve the animal performance but also ensures profitable animal production. Different vegetable protein sources are used to formulate the rations for growing and fattening lambs. These protein sources differ...

In this study, we chose a carnivorous fish, turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.), to examine its nutrient-sensing and metabolic responses after ingestion of diets with fishmeal (FM), or 45% of FM replaced by soyabean meal (34·6% dry diet) balanced with or without essential amino acids (EAA) to match the amino acid profile of FM diet for 30 d. After a 1-month feeding trial, fish growth, feed efficie...

The scented gland is an organ responsible for producing musk in muskrats. During musk secretion season, the metabolism of glandular cells increases in the scented glands and a large amount of musk is synthesised. In this study, we collected scented gland arterial blood from six healthy adult male muskrats during non-secretion season (November). We also obtained scented gland arterial blood, ven...