title: The nutritional quality of an infant food from quinoa and its effect on the plasma level of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in undernourished children.
abstract: An infant food product was manufactured by drum drying a pre-cooked slurry of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd) flour. The chemical composition shows that the product is a potential source of valuable nutrients, like protein (16%), vitamin E (19 mg/kg), thiamine (0.7 mg/100 g), iron (70 mg/kg), zinc (48 mg/kg) and magnesium (1.8 g/kg), all the values expressed on dry basis, to pre-school children (of 5 years of age). The animal feeding experiments with rats showed a net protein utilisation (NPU) of 68, digestibility (TD) 95 and biological value (BV) 71. The level of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the plasma of the children who consumed a supplementary portion of 2 x 100 g of the above infant food product showed an increase after a period of 15 days, while the plasma level of IGF-1 in the children of the control group as well as the reference group did not show any significant increase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, University of Lund, PO Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruales
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: de Grijalva
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lopez-Jaramillo
authors.forename: Baboo M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000886:Anthropometry; D027465:Chenopodium quinoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000032:analysis; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy*; D009753:Nutritive Value; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D018977:Micronutrients; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I