Chemical Composition, Nutritive Value, and Toxicological Evaluation of Bauhinia cheilantha Seeds: A Legume from Semiarid Regions Widely Used in Folk Medicine
Table 5
Nutritional parameters of rats fed on B. cheilantha seed meal and protein concentrate compared with those of rats fed on NPC, casein, and soybean diets.
Parameters
Diets*
NPC
Casein
Soybean
Raw Bc
Soaked Bc
Heated Bc
BcPCd
Initial body weight∧ (g)
74.2 ± 5.6a
71.5 ± 4.1a
72.3 ± 4.2a
72.8 ± 4.6a
74.2 ± 5.7a
72.7 ± 5.2a
74.0 ± 5.9a
Final body weight∧ (g)
55.7 ± 4.1d
117.8 ± 9.8a
80.2 ± 6.4b
55.3 ± 2.2d
57.6 ± 4.4d
70.2 ± 6.5b
63.6 ± 4.6c
Daily food intake∧ (g)
5.5 ± 0.8c
12.3 ± 0.8a
7.6 ± 1.5b
3.2 ± 0.4c
4.4 ± 0.9c
5.9 ± 0.7b
6.0 ± 0.8b
NPU† (%)
—
64.7 ± 4.3a
26.2 ± 3.9b
−40.3 ± 5.9d
−7.5 ± 1.8c
25.6 ± 1.6b
26.6 ± 1.7b
Protein digestibility† (%)
—
93.8 ± 2.4a
92.2 ± 4.0a
77.2 ± 7.2b
70.4 ± 7.3b
76.5 ± 7.4b
91.0 ± 8.1a
Biological value
—
69.0 ± 4.7a
28.4 ± 2.8b
−14.7 ± 1.7c
−80.9 ± 7.2d
33.5 ± 3.2b
29.2 ± 2.6b
Values in a horizontal row with different following letters differ significantly ().
*For key to diets see Table 1. ∧Per rat. †Per group of 12 rats.