Biological value
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biological-value-187-5884402
title:
Biological value
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Biological value (BV) is a measure of the proportion of absorbed protein from a food which becomes incorporated into the proteins of the organism's body. It captures how readily the digested protein can be used in protein synthesis in the cells of the organism. Proteins are the major source of nitrogen in food. BV assumes protein is the only source of nitrogen and measures the amount of nitrogen ingested in relation to the amount which is subsequently excreted. The remainder must have been incor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_value
date created:
2006-08-16T18:58:06Z
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2024-09-08T14:30:00Z
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