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Main protein source of Japanese breakfast is rice and soybean, sometimes with fish, andth at of Western countries bread and milk, sometimes with meat.
To compare the nutritive value of these mixed proteins, forty-eight male albino rats weredi vided into six groups and fed the following diets as protein source;
Group A, rice protein; Group B, rice and soybean protein; Group C, rice, bean andf ish protein; Group D, wheat protein; Group E, wheat and milk protein; Group F, wheat, milk and meat protein.
After 5 weeks-feeding following results were obtained:
1) An effect on growth (increase of weight) was in the order of group F, E, C and B, butthe differe nces were not statistically significant. Group A and D showed significantly lower results.
2) The weights of liver of groups A and D were lower than those of the other four groups, and among latters there were no differences. The activity of liver xanthine oxidase wash ighest in group F, followed by E, C and B. Group A and D showed lowest activity. Theactivity of liver transaminase was highest in group F, followed by C, and that of group Aand D was the lowest.
3) There were no differences in hemogl obin content of blood among five groups except group D, which showed an anemic state.
