Digestibility and nutritional value of crude oil from three amaranth species |
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Authors: | Luis A Garcia Maria Antonieta Alfaro Ricardo Bressani |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, P.O. Box 1188, Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. |
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Abstract: | Oils from a selection ofAmaranthus caudatus, A. hypochondriacus andA. cruentus were extracted with hexane. The crude oils were analyzed for acid value, saponification and iodine number, and were included
in basal casein diets for rat studies at 5 and 10% levels to replace equal amounts of refined cottonseed oil. The oils fromA. cruentus andA. hypochondriacus were similar in the oil properties studied and different fromA. caudatus. At either 5 or 10% food intake levels, weight gain and PER were not statistically different from values reported for cottonseed
oil. True digestibility of amaranth oil was lower than that of cottonseed oil.A. cruentus oil gave the lowest digestibility. Oil levels induced statistical differences in food intake and digestibility. Oils fromA. caudatus, A. hypochondriacus and cottonseed induced similar serum cholesterol levels, while oil fromA. cruentus gave statistically higher values. Hemoglobin, hematocrit and serum proteins were similar among all groups. Microscopic analysis
of the organs of the rats revealed some changes that were also found in cottonseed oil-fed rats. It was concluded that crude
amaranth oil has lower digestibility than cottonseed oil, but that it is not responsible for growth-depressing effects when
the seed is fed raw as compared to processed materials. |
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