INVESTIGATION OF THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES (MART.) SOLMS AND PISTIA STRATIOTES L. GROWING IN EGYPT | ||
Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences Assiut University | ||
Article 3, Volume 18, Issue 2, December 1995, Pages 79-85 PDF (380.61 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/bfsa.1995.69692 | ||
Authors | ||
M. S. Afify1; F. M. Hashem2; Z. El-Abdin M. Naeem1 | ||
1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, El-Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt | ||
2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
A qualitative and quantitative study of the protein content of roots, stems and leaves of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Family: Potederiaceae) and Pistia sratiotes L., (Family: Aracaceae), were carried out. This study revealed that these plants contain a large percent of nutritive proteins which include high percentage of essential amino acids covering the requirements of birds (Turkey) and animals. | ||
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