abstract：:Proximate composition and metabolizable energy of raw and processed foods derived from cereals and legumes, were determined. Results can be used to revise the out of day national composition table, to incorporate data of ash, new data of dietary fiber obtained by an enzimatic hydrolysis method, asimilable carbohydrate...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Closa SJ,Martín C,Chau O,Sambucetti ME,Zuleta A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of osmotic dehydration in apple rings at 40 degrees, 50 degrees and 60 degrees C in two osmotic agents were studied. The agents were similar in concentration, water activity and viscosity but differed in composition. The weight loss, water content, solids uptake and Brix showed differences in the medius st...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Mercado-Silva E,Vidal-Brotons D

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repercussion of food restriction consumed by the adult rat during pregnancy and lactation, on the postnatal growth and tissue composition of the young was evaluated during lactation. Two groups of Sprague-Dawley rats were used, one control group was fed "ad libitum" (AL) and the other group, a restricted diet (RD)...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Barbosa L,De Santiago S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine in preschool children the effects of different levels of starch and dietary fiber of a meal time on the immediate food and energy intake (in the same meal time) and in the following meal (subsequent intake). The study was performed in 50 children both genders, with ages ranging fro...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Araya H,Vera G,Alviña M,Fuentes A,Oyarzun MT,Pak N

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that rabbits can be maintained on diets containing high levels of Crude Fiber (CF) when compared to other monogastric animals. In the present study, we examined the effects of rice hulls and of bermuda grass (cv. Coast cross) on the growing performance of 30 day-old weaned rabbits. Ra...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Gierus M,Rocha JB,Warpechowski MB,Riegel RE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The percentiles (3,10,25,50,75,90 and 97) of the subscapular/triceps Index (SS/TR), obtained in a sample of 7286 subjects (3721 males and 3765 females) aged 5 to 20 years, were calculated. Median values of SS/TR are generally higher in females up to the age of 13 years approximately, and show a pattern of peripheral d...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Martínez E,Devesa M,Bacallao J,Amador M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the following study, dietary fiber, insoluble (IDF), soluble (SDF) and total (TDF) were determined in cereals and by-products and in commercial cereals products which are found in the national market and promoted as a source of fiber. The Prosky's enzimatic-gravimetric method was used. Results were expressed as g/1...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Sangronis E,Rebolledo MA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to formulate and evaluate a beverage based on powdered whole milk and precooked rice flour, with good nutritional contribution, good acceptability and stability, which permits to be included in the nutritional Protection Programs carried out by the National Institute of Nutrition of ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Guaipo B,Calderón M,Laprea MT

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigeon pea is a legume grain of good production capacity and of a relatively high nutritive value, which has not been used in Latin America on the basis of the potential it offers. In this study experiments were conducted to learn about the possibility of processing pigeon pea to yield an intermediate flour with good ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Mueses C,de León L,Matute J,Bressani R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory study of wheat stored at two different levels of moisture content with and without presence of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky was performed. Flexible PVC and polythene films as seals were used in order to examine their effectiveness to maintain the wheat quality by comparing changes in moisture content, g...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Vázquez-Arista M,Douglass MP

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to verify if the diet protein level affects the genesis of the repair tissue in rats submitted to a poly-chloro-vinyl (PVC) sponge implantation, as well as to analyse the possible alterations in the synthesis of the mucopolysaccharides acids (glucosaminoglycans) by the histophotometry t...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Veiga MC,Tambeli CH,Santoa AC,José JL

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were made four nutrition experiments using pork in growing process, with an approximate weight of 14.2 kilograms. In each experiment, it was made a substitution in equals parts of corn flour and soy flour for raw Canavalia flour or processed through alkaline storage, autoclaved or extrusion. In the first three e...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Risso JF,Montilla JJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of residual liquor obtained from cane-thrash, a sugar-cane waste Saccharum officinarum, L. , as a protein source was studied. The cane-thrash was available in local sugar-mills and the fungus utilized, the Aspergillus niger IZ-9, was provided by the University of São Paulo and derived from a strain under the n...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Stamford TL,de Camargo R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic and experimental studies have pointed to an association between fat intake and colorectal carcinogenesis. In the present work we have studied the correlation between fat intake and mortality caused by colorectal cancer in the venezuelan population. For this purpose, we have calculated the correlation coe...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Malavé H,Méndez Castellano H,Malavé I

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up until now, the composition of goat's milk has not been well known. However, every day it is more and more evident that this milk is quite different from cow's and other mammal's milk. This difference depends on a major concentration in some of milk elements. Caseins, in goat's milk are found in a minor concentratio...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Verdalet-Guzmán I

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to correlate the educational achievement (EA) of Chilean elementary and high-school graduates with their food habits. For this purpose, a random sample of 550 schoolers from the Metropolitan Area of Santiago, Chile, graduating from elementary and high school (1:1) of both sexes (1:1), f...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Ivanovic D,Vásquez M,Aguayo M,Ballester D,Marambio M,Zacarías I

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein concentrate was obtained from chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) flour aqueous extract. The factor involved in the recovery of protein were the flour: water ratio, and the pH. The best aqueous extract was subjected to infiltration in a Romicon HF1/2SSS unit equipped with hollow fiber membranes cartridges with a nom...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Ulloa JA,García-Quintero ZH,Valencia ME

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on human lactation were examined in order to gather some answers about questions concerning the effect of maternal food intake, size, fatness and economic status on milk production. Up to date, evidence in the literature is insufficient to permit definitive answers, but a general conclusion can be drawn: milk ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Villalpando S,de Santiago S,Flores-Huerta S

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical, microbiological and sensory stability of a dried salted product prepared from sardines and cereals was evaluated during a 12-week storage period. The product is named NUTRIPEZ and was produced in 20 kg/lots, both with and without smoke treatment. The product was stored under both tropical and room condit...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Morales de León JC,Morrisey M,Vallin ME

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mean adult height is an indicator of very long-term (centuries) socioeconomic and nutritional trends in homogeneous populations. At the same time, changes in height have also been shown to be an indicator of long-term (generations) living conditions in homogeneous populations, and thus, a good complement to the usual ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Laure J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ever increasing problem of environmental pollution and protein scarcity led us to begin producing protein biomass from cheese whey, having selected for this aim, Kluyveromyces marxianus va. lactis strain, which represents the right relationship between its protein content (53.3% d.w.) and that of the RNA (4.63% d....

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Carrasco de Mendoza MS,Basílico JC,Umansky G,Scarinci HE

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of children (aged 4-6 years) living in poor urban areas of Hermosillo (Sonora) and having "low" and "adequate" school achievements, were studied with the objective of determining their psychological, social, economic and nutritional characteristics. They were evaluated by means of standardized psychological...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Vera Noriega A,Mejía LA,Saucedo S,del Refugio Palacios M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study herein reported presents information on the dietary fiber content of four food groups consumed in Central America. These are: cereals, grains and products; raw and processed beans; raw and processed vegetables, and starchy foods such as potatoes, cassava and plantain. Besides data on soluble and insoluble fi...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Acevedo E,Bressani R

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vapor pressure at four temperatures and 10 moisture contents in a range between 26.8 and 3.6 g/100 dry matter, were determined by the manometric method in two samples of milled amaranth seeds, known as "ataco" or "sangoracha". For each humidity, the relationship between vapor pressure of the flour and vapor pressu...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Alvarado JD,Toaza E,Coloma G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the efficacy of fluoridated milk as a cariostatic nutritional product, the biological and technical possibilities of adding fluoride (F) as monofluorophosphate (MFP) to milk were studied, together with a preliminary cost estimation for this procedure. F ingestion by preschool children pertaining t...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Villa A,Guerrero S,Cisternas P,Mönckeberg F

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of feeding 24 to 52-days-old male rats of the Wistar strain, with beans diet deficient in sulfur-containing amino acids or supplemented with 0.3% DL-methionine and two corn oil concentrations, 2% and 20% (g/kg/diet), on the glutathione content (GSH) in liver, and on the renal gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Araya J,Vera G,Araya H,Pak N

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six groups of 1-day-old Warren chicks (seven per group) were fed for 15 days on diets with the protein supplement made of mixtures of soybean protein and dried yeast Saccharomyces carlsbergensis recovered from beer. The purpose was to establish the maximum substitution level of the soybean protein isolate by dried yea...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Póo ME,Millán N

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mean intakes of dietary fiber (DF) were estimated in the population of Central America and Panama, using the results of dietary surveys conducted in 1969 and 1986 both in rural and urban areas, as well as data on the DF content of foods as consumed in the region. Data on preschool children were also estimated. The res...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Acevedo E,Bressani R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the Early Malnutrition and Its Effects on Youth Project, a study of the reliability of anthropometric measures was carried out through the re-measurement of 226 adolescents of the rural area of Guatemala. In all anthropometric variables, the intra-measure coefficients of reliability were higher than 0.96 an...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Pareja G,Rivera J,Habicht JP,Castro H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food Composition Tables should be considered as national wealth and as valuable tools for utilization in food and nutrition, in nutritional therapy, in agricultural planning and production, in food guides, and in the food industry for the formulation of information on the product that appears in the label. They should...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Bressani R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the chemical composition and biological quality of deffated hazel nut flour are shown. The samples analyzed contained significant amounts of proteins (19%) comparable to legume flour, higher than cereals and lower than deffated oleaginous flours. The oil extracted from the seed was analyzed and the aver...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Villarroel M,Biolley E,Schneeberger R,Ballester D,Santibáñez S

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of starch was comparatively studied in five maize cultivars, i.e., Maya Normal, Nutrimaiz, two hybrids (L90 x L78, L90 x L41) and Supersweet (SRR "Duro"), 30 days after pollination (30 DAP). Amylose content was found to be higher in the Maya Normal starch (31.3%) and lower (23 to 27%) in the genetical...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Reyes FG,Goia CH,Sgarbieri VC

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out on housewives of rural bean-producing areas for the purpose of collecting information on bean selection procedures, culinary practices and bean consumption in rural homes from four departments of northeastern Guatemala. The study sample consisted of 10 families selected at random from each of ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Bressani R,Navarrete DA,García Soto A,Elías LG

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary carbohydrates comprise two fractions that may be classified as digestible, and which are useful as energy sources (simple and complex carbohydrates) and fiber, which is presumed to be of no use to the human body. There are insufficient epidemiologic data on the metabolic effects of simple carbohydrates and it ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Lajolo FM,de Menezes EW,Filisetti-Cozzi TM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disaccharide lactose, the principal carbohydrate of animal milks, requires the enzyme lactase to split it to glucose and galactose. Undigested lactose passes to the colon where fermentation produces hydrogen and short-chain fatty acids that can cause abdominal distention, pain and sometimes diarrhea. Persistence o...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Scrimshaw NS,Murray E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins, some minerals and vitamins, play important roles in erythropoiesis and the survival of the red blood cell. This article deals specifically with the physiological requirements and recommended intakes of iron, folate and vitamin B12. A comparison of the physiologic iron requirements according to age and sex, a...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Layrisse M,Martínez-Torres C,Méndez-Castellano H,Taylor P,Fossi M,López de Blanco M,Landaeta-Jiménez M,Jaffé WG,Leets I,Tropper E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first part of this study revealed that a sunflower meal submitted to thermic treatment resulted in a protein of better quality when supplemented with lysine, while the meal not subjected to thermic treatment, supplemented with methionine, did not increase its nutritional value. These data indicated, therefore, tha...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Salgado JM,Chieus E

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium levels in serum, as well as 24-hr urine and 2-hr post-fasting urine levels, were studied in 107 pregnant women, who were later separated into two groups. One group was advised to follow their usual intake, and the other, to supplement the diet with 750 cc of milk. The control group (30 healthy non-pregnant w...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Salinas M,Martínez ME,Catalán P,Sánchez Casas E,Herrero E,Navarro P

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish portions were obtained from a mixture of fish flesh from shrimp by-catch. Physical, chemical, microbiological and sensory tests were done to evaluate quality of raw materials, formulations and processing conditions. Several technological procedures proved to be feasible for this product. Stability of frozen produ...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Acosta J,Bello RA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present research was carried out for the purpose of collecting part of the germ plasm of grain amaranth in Guatemala, as well as to evaluate it in terms of yield, chemical composition and nutritive value. A total of 27 Guatemalan selections, one from Mexico and seven from Peru were planted in June 1982 in 7.5 m2 e...

journal_title：Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

authors： Bressani R,Elías LG,González JM,Gómez-Brenes R

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00