Abstract
Palmaria palmata and Gracilaria verrucosa are edible red seaweeds and potential protein sources for human or animal nutrition, so studies were conducted on their in vitro protein digestibility. After 30 min predigestion by pepsin followed by 6 h digestion into a cell dialysis containing porcine pancreatin, the in vitro protein digestibility of P. palmata and G. verrucosa, expressed in regard to casein digestibility, was 4.9% and 42.1%, respectively. The level of protein digestibility seems to be related to the amount of soluble fibre, which was 45.3% and 30.5%, respectively.
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Abbreviations
- AOAC:
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Association of Official Agricultural Chemistry
- NPN:
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Non Proteic Nitrogen
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Marrion, O., Fleurence, J., Schwertz, A. et al. Evaluation of protein in vitro digestibility of Palmaria palmata and Gracilaria verrucosa. J Appl Phycol 17, 99–102 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-005-5154-y
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