Abstract
The nutritive value of buckwheat was estimated by growth test with young albino rats fed on the following diets:
Exp.I.rice powder and buckwheat flour in various ratio (100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75, 0/100),
Exp.II.wheat and buckwheat flour in various ratio each including minerals andvitamin mixtures.
It was found out that the growth of the groups provided with more buckwheat than 1/3 of rice powder or wheat flour, was much stimulated compared with that of the groups of low buckwheat ratio.
This result was assumed to be due to the rise of protein score by supplementation of essential amino acids, such as tryptophane, which is low in rice, and lysine, low in wheat, from buckwheat flour.
