The effect of three different grains supplemented diet as a dietary carbohydrate source on the growing rat, growth, food intake, FER and PER value, excretion of urinary and fecal nitrogen and glucose and the level of glucose and cholesterol in serum blood was studied.
Forty males and same number of females of Albino rats weighing !~- 582g, a 622g were divided into eight experimental group, five male and female in each and fed rice diet, rice supplemented with wheat and rice supplemented with barley diet for 14 weeks.
Under this condition wheat supplemented diet group shows the best FER, PER and body weight gain value. Especially in female group shows better FER, PER and body weight gain value compare to control diet group.
Under the male groups wheat supplemented diet group shows lower FER, PER value and body weight compare to the control group but higher than those of barley diet group or rice alone.
In female group the nitrogen retention shows also highest value by wheat supplemented diet group. By male group the wheat-supplemented diet group shows not better value compare to the control group, but higer than barley supplemented group or rice alone.
The nitrogen excretion through feces was significantly higher by grain supplemented diet group compare to grain the 20% sugar casein diet.
The blood cholesterol content was slightly decreased by the control group which was fed disaccaride, compare to groups which were fed polysaccaride.
But the free cholesterol to esterified cholesterol ratio shows lower value by control group than grain groups except the 70% rice supplemented with 30% barley group.
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