“…The nitrogen content in the meals was determined by the Kjeldahl method (AOAC, 1985) to measure the crude protein contents. Methanolchloroform-water (MCW) extracts were prepared for determinations of total a-amino nitrogen, soluble carbohydrate, glucose, and sucrose contents according to the procedures reported by Free (1963), Young et al (1974), Rodriguez et al (1989), and Chiou et al (1991a,b), respectively. For conarachin determination, defatted peanut meal containing 75 mg of protein was homoginized, extracted, and sodium sulfate fractionated, according to the procedure reported by Chiou et al (1991b).…”