Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding

LYSINE AND TRYPTOPHAN IN PROTEIN FRACTIONS OF SORGHUM

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IMBALANCES in the concentrations of some of the essential amino acids arc
considered to be mainly responsible for the lower biological values of cereal
proteins
as compared to animal proteins (Raghuramulu, Rao and Gopalan,
1964; Belavady and Gopalan, 1965). Lysine
and tryptophan are two impor·
tant limiting
essential amino-acids in the protein of cereals including Sorghum,
which grain constitutes an important item of diet of a large section of

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Year: 1968
Volume: 28
Issue: 2
Article DOI: NA
Print ISSN: 0019-5200
Online ISSN: 0975-6906

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