Apparent digestibility of three representative seaweeds commonly `used in Korea was obtained through an animal experiment and their calorie values were calculated therefrom.
1) Digestion coefficients for the nutrients of laver were crude protein, 42%; crude ash,
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9,,0 ; carbohydrate, 62% and crude fat, none.
2) Digestion coefficients for the nutrients of tangle were crude protein, 10%; crude fat, 40%; carbohydrate, 40% and crude ash, none.
3) Digestion coefficients for the nutrients of green laver were crude protein, 385116; crude fat, 59%; carbohydrate, 66961 and crude ash, none.
4) Calorie values of seaweeds on the basis of above digestion coefficients were assessed to be only 52%
in laver, 32961 in tangle and 59% in green laver as compared with those customarily obtained from proximate composition and Atwater´s coefficient.
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