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Nutritional Evaluation of Leaf Protein Extracted from Three Aquatic Plants

Anjana Dewanji, S. Matai

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Proteins extracted from the leaves of Alternanthera philoxeroides, Lemna minor, and Pistia stratiotes were evaluated for their nutritional quality using rat feeding experiments. It was found that a 3% level of supplementation of leaf protein extracted from L. minor and P. stratiotes significantly improved the nutritive value of a wheat flour diet, thereby indicating that they could be used as supplements in feeds or foods to improve the quality as well as protein levels of deficient diets. Keywords: Aquatic weeds; leaf protein; rat experiments

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Key concepts: Pistia, Stratiotes, Lemna minor, Alternanthera philoxeroides, Biology, Aquatic plant, Botany, Food science