The suitable level of protein in diet for evaluation of food protein quality by using adult rat's liver enzyme activity as a criterion was examined by using 15 kinds of food proteins.
The results are as follows:
About xanthine oxidase, the most remarkable paralleled relation between protein quality and enzyme activity were obtained when at 15% and 20% levels of food protein in the diet. About arginase this paralleled relation is found in the case of 20% only.
From these results and previously reported results, we have divided 15 kinds of food protein used into groups by using xanthine oxidase activity. The 3 groups are found: the groups of eggs with the highest activity, that of soya beans with middle activity, and that of glutens with the lowest activity.
These results tell us that such results almost correspond with the so far well-known nutritive value of food proteins.
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