Abstract
The apparent digestibility tests of fats were performed by using the nut fat using rats for 3 days.
Almond, peanut, walnut, brazil nut and chashew nut were used as the foodstuff in the study, respectively.
These experiments were carried out by using diets containing nut or fat extracted from the nut.
The results obtained were as follows;
(1) Apparent absorption of the fat extracted from the nut and the diet containing nut were 98-99% and 97-98%, respectively.
(2) Total amount of bile acid excretes into the feces was as follows almond (7.1mg/day/100g body weight), brazil nut (24.1), walnut (10.1), peanut (21.1) and chashew nut (10.6), respectively.
(3) Fatty acid composition of lipid in the feces was 80.0-94.6% as saturated fatty acid, and 5.4-20.0% as unsaturated fatty acid.
