Chemical composition and nutritive value of leaf protein concentrate from Leucaena leucocephala
1992
Farinu, G.O. | Ojiboye, S.O. | Ajao, S.
Leaf protein concentrate (LPC) was prepared from Leucaena leucocephala leaf meal (LLM). The recovery of LPC was 7.6% and analysis showed that the LPC contained 65.91% crude protein compared with 29.15% of the LLM, ash content was 17.56% while levels of essential amino acids--lysine, histidine, arginine, isoleucine and leucine--were 5.57, 2.34, 5.88, 5.42 and 10.8% on a dry matter basis. respectively. The LPC had higher in-vivo digestibility than the LLM with values being 63.20 and 48.82%, respectively. The LPC diet supported growth in rats but gave lower nutritive indices than the control diet of soya bean and Guinea corn.
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