A SUMMARY OF THE WHOLESOMENESS OF GAMMA-IRRADIATED FOODS
Journal Article
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· Federation Proc.
OSTI ID:4070913
Chronic toxicity tests employing 22 radiation-sterilized food products fed to four species of experimental animals are now in progress. Although these tests have not been completed, preliminary analysis of the data indicates that 20 of these foods are not grossly toxic to at least one species of animal (rats or dogs). Nutritional evaluation of purified macronutrients suggests that no significant biological effect will result from consumption of the irradiated products. Nevertheless, a radiation-induced improvement in the utilization of soybean protein has been reported for the rat. Conversely, interesting decreases in the digestibility of irradiated starch and corn oil have also been observed. Consumption by rats of a mixed diet of many radiation processed foods causes a decrease in rat growth as radiation level increases. Oral daily supple mentation with both thiamine and pyridoxine eliminates the difference in growth; supplementation with either vitamin alone provides only partial protection. When coupled with the growth data, enzymatic indices employed to evaluate the extent of vitamin deficiencies suggest that the pyridoxine deficiency may be the more limiting factor in consumption of composite irradiated diets by rats. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst., Blacksburg; and U.S. Army Medical Research and Nutrition Lab., Denver
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-005298
- OSTI ID:
- 4070913
- Journal Information:
- Federation Proc., Journal Name: Federation Proc. Vol. Vol: 19
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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