Availability of zinc from germinated, fermented and autoclaved black-gram (Phaseolus mungo) in rats
✍ Scribed by Kawatra, B. L. ;Kaur, Sukhdeep
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-769X
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✦ Synopsis
The availability of zinc in the autoclaved black-gram diet was better as compared to germinated, fermented and raw black-gram diets and this may be due b more destruction of phytate.
Zinc is an essential micro-nutrient for human beings as well as for animals. The availability of zinc from the animal foods is higher than from vegetable foods. Phytic acid-protein-zinc complex in vegetable foods is responsible for non-availability of zinc [I]. The hydrolysis of phytate has been demonstrated [2] by yeast fermentation in breads. Germinated and fermented pulses are used in different food preparation in India. The effect of these treatments on the availability of zinc from pulses is largely unknown. The present investigation, therefore, was undertaken to study the zinc availability from fermented, autoclaved and germinated black gram (Phaseofus rnungo) in rats.