Affiliation:
1. Research Laboratories, Hindustan Antibiotic Limited, Pimpri, India
2. Chemistry Department, Prairie View A&M College, Prairie View, Texas 77445
Abstract
Dried
Penicillium
mycelium served as a protein source in animal diet when it was supplemented at 7.5% protein level along with 7.5% protein level from peanut meal. Under these conditions, the food consumption was optimal, and the rat growth response was comparable with 15% casein diet. The role of peanut meal appears to be twofold; it makes the mycelium diet more palatable and it supplies protein. The amino acids, lysine and threonine, which are found to be limiting in peanut meal, are reported to be present in the
Penicillium
mycelium. This type of formulation affords considerable economic advantage because both the peanut meal and the
Penicillium
mycelium are by-products and, therefore, are inexpensive sources of protein.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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