Urinary Excretion of Amino Acids

Hardness as a modification index for malting red and white sorghum (kaffir) grains

“…Diastatic activity was determined as percentage sugar content of a water infusion (pH 5.40) of the mash using a hand‐held refractometer and expressed in degrees Lintner (°L). Free amino nitrogen was determined using the method of Albanese and Orto . Protein solubility was determined using the method of Obanu .…”

Nutrition of the Elderly

“…Tuttle et al (1957) concluded that men between the ages of 52 and 68 may have higher requirements than younger men for one or more of the essential amino acids but similar experiments by Watts et al (1964) gave different figures for the amino acids needs of the elderly and concluded that they were the same as for younger people. Other evidence refuting the claims of extra needs for the elderly come from Roberts et al (1948) who measured the protein needs for nitrogen balance in 9 elderly women and Albanese et al (1957) who measured the protein intake and nitrogen balance of samples drawn from 200 women over a 5-year period and found that balance could be achieved on 47 g protein per day.…”

Plasma alkaline ribonuclease (EC 3.1.4.22) and nitrogen retention in low-birth-weight infants

“…In adults receiving protein of differing quality and in those receiving anabolic steroids or corticosteroids, as N balance became more positive, RNase decreased (Albanese et al 1971): in young children with kwashiorkor, RNase was high before treatment but decreased during recovery (Sigulem et al 1973;Probhavathi, Mohanram & Reddy, 1977): in weanling rats as protein intake increased, body-weight increased but RNase decreased (Allison, Wannemacher, Banks, Wunner 8~ Gomez-Brenes, 1962). In each of these the implication is that the more positive the state of N balance, the lower the RNase activity.…”