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Published on: October 1, 2013
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1Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abstract:
The nutritive evaluation of seaweed proteins on the basis of amino acid composition has been reported in the present communication. Seventeen of the common amino acids including almost all essential amino acids have been detected in the protein hydrolysate of eighteen species of seaweeeds. Significant variations were observed in amino acid composition among the different genera of seaweeds. Little variation was noted in total nitrogen and inorganic contents. The acidic amino acids were significantly higher in species of green seaweeds.
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