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P. Vljayalakshmi ¹, Rajammal P. Devadas ¹

Affiliations
1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

Abstract

The twentieth century has witnessed tremendous technical progress culminating in man's conquest of space and his landing on the moon. However, despite these achievements, some of the worst forms of malnutrition are haunting mankind even today. Poorly nourished mothers give birth to small infants whose neonatal, perinatal and infant mortality rates are alarming. While there is scientific evidence for the favourable effects of birth spacing and reduced family size on child health and survival, there is no knowledge regarding the role of nutrition on the reproductive capacity, gestational age, delivery, duration of labour, birth spacing and previous pregnancies. The present study aimed at gathering information regarding these aspects.

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Rajammal P. Devadas ¹, G . Kamalanathan ¹, P. Vljayalakshmi ¹

Affiliations
1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641 043, IN

Abstract

Green leaves are the world's largest source of protein but the use of leaves as food protein is limited by the presence of indigestible fiber. Forage crops such as alfa-alfa (Lucerne) and grasses are promising for economic production of edible leaf protein.

Extraction machinery for the production of leaf protein has been designed and the protein-rich, fiber-free concentrate is found to be good quality protein from the extensive research carried out in Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College.

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P. Vljayalakshmi

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Yeasts have been known to mankind since a long time, as a nutrient rich substance and as an effective leavening agent.

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