Abstract
The nutritive value of buckwheat was estimated by growth test with young albino rats fed on the following diets; Group I-V; provided with rice, wheat and buckwheat, all powdered, in various ratios (75/25/0, 50/50/0, 25/75/0, 50/25/25, 25/25/50).
Group VI;(contrast group) supplied with 9% egg albumin as protein source, but with the other nutrients to the same per cent as the other groups; each group given minerals and vitamin mixtures.
Comparing the groups given rice and wheat with the groups given more buckwheat than 1/3 of the mixture of rice and wheat, it was found that the growth of the latter was more remarkable than that of the former; nearly equal to that of the contrast group.
This result was assumed to be due to the rise of protein score by supplementation of essential amino acids, such as tryptophan, lysine and sulfur-containing amino acids, in which the mixture of rice and wheat was poor while buckwheat was rich.
