Buckwheat protein extract suppression of the growth depression in rats induced by feeding amaranth (Food Red No. 2).
Dietary fiber has an ameliorative effect on the toxicity of amaranth (Food Red No. 2). To test the possibility that a buckwheat protein extract (BWPE) has dietary fiber-like activity by virtue of its low digestibility, we examined the influence of BWPE on amaranth toxicity in rats. The results show that BWPE-containing diet suppressed the growth depression induced by the dietary addition of 5% amaranth.
Kayashita
J
J
Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nagano, Japan.
Nagai
H
H
Kato
N
N
D000548:Amaranth Dye / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002523:Edible Grain; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005505:Food Coloring Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000548:Amaranth Dye