title: Apparent digestibility and proteic quality of the basic diet of Rio de Janeiro State complemented with multimixture.
abstract: Some factors in food can influence the protein digestibility positively or negatively. The protein quality is related to the protein synthesis capacity, growth, maintenance, reproduction and reconstitution of an organism. This work aims to determine the apparent digestibility coefficient and the protein quality of the standard basic diet of Rio de Janeiro State (HERJ), complemented with 2% of the multimixture (HERJ + MM), during rats' gestation and lactation periods. The results indicated a lower apparent digestibility coefficient (P < 0.05) during the gestation and lactation periods in HERJ diets (82.4% +/- 0.55; 80.64% +/- 1.7) and HERJ + MM (80.9% +/- 3.28; 81.7% +/- 1.2), in comparison to the casein diet (91.8% +/- 0.6; 93.9% +/- 0.4). There was no significant difference (P < 0.05) between HERJ diet (2.75 +/- 0.14) and HERJ + MM diet (2.53 +/- 0.18). However, the casein diet has showed a higher lactation value (3.27 +/- 0.3) in comparison with the two above mentioned groups. Therefore the use of the multimixture at 2% level neither impairs the apparent digestibility coefficient nor does it change the protein quality of the standard diet of Rio de Janeiro State.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Nutrição/Departamento de Nutrição e Dietética, Av. Professor João Brasil, no. 150/1205 bloco 1 Fonseca, Niterói-Rio de Janeiro 24130-082, Brazil.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: de Azeredo
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Boaventura
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tavares do Carmo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002364:Caseins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D009753:Nutritive Value; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004044:Dietary Proteins