Lepidium latifolium Linn. (perennial pepperweed) is one of the preferred phytofoods among cold arid region of Ladakh, India and its leaves contribute significantly to people's diet. This study was conducted to determine its nutritive value and antioxidant activity. Plant samples from three different locations were selected in the present study. Results showed that this plant is an excellent sou...

Alfalfa is one of the most important legume forage crops in the world. In spite of its agronomic and nutritive advantages, alfalfa has some limitations in the usage of pasture forage and hay supplement. High rapid degradation of protein in alfalfa poses a risk of rumen bloat to ruminants which could cause huge economic losses for farmers. Coupled with the relatively high lignin content, which i...

  Background: Medicinal plants viz Tinospora cordifolia (Gulvel), Gymnema sylvester (Morasingi), Tricholepis glaberrima (Brahmdandi) are very important for treatment of diabetes mellitus and other various diseases. These plants have great importance due to their nutritive value and major source of medicines as they have been found through out human history  Objective: Evaluation of Nutritive va...

INTRODUCTION Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L., Portulacaceae) is eaten extensively as a potherb, and added in soups and salads around the Mediterranean and tropical Asian countries (Fig. 1). There is a newer interest in cultivation of purslane as a crop since its identification as one of the best sources in the plant world for omega-3 fatty acid, α-linolenic acid (LNA). LNA is a precursor of a s...

The detrimental effects of prolonged pacifier use on the developing oral structures are often the primary focus of dental professionals; however, non-nutritive sucking with a pacifier has other consequences that include not only harmful effect but positive influences as well. This article will address some of the issues for consideration regarding the use of pacifiers and provide information fo...

In order that dietitians and physicians be able to prescribe and give proper suggestions to individuals or groups, regarding their diet, it is desirable to have a knowledge about the nutritive value of the cooked food preparations of that particular place. Such values for South Indian districts have been reported by Devadas (1949), but so far no work has been done on this subject in this State....

Introduction Various microorganisms, enzymes, nutritive and chemical compounds have been added to forages to maintain or improve the nutritive value of a crop as silage (Kung et al., 2003). As is the nature of most biological systems, there is considerable variation in the outcome of using these additives. This paper will briefly discuss some universal and specific challenges that these additiv...

on 29th November, 1937, and the following recommendation was made : 'Diet surveys have shown that intake of pulses in various parts of the country might be increased with resulting improvement in the nutritive value of diets based largely on cereals \ In this matter, certain questions arise : (1) Are all the common pulses equally good in nutritive value ? (2) Could they be tolerated in high pro...

Florigraze and Arbrook are the most widely used cultivars of perennial peanut in Florida, but their persistence and cattle weight gains have not been compared under continuous grazing. The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate the nutritive value and persistence of both cultivars, as well as to compare the performance (ADG) of 400-lb heifers continuously grazing the two cultivars. In t...