Digestibility of Some Korean Seweeds through an Animal Experiment

동물실험에 의한 몇가지 해조식품(海藻食品)의 소화흡수율(消化吸收率)

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, 9%; carbohydrate, 62% and crude fat, none. 2) Digestion coefficients for the nutrients of tang1e 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, 38%; crude fat, 59%; carbohydrate, 66% and crude ash, none. 4) Calorie values of seaweeds on the basis of above digestion coefficients were assessed to be only 52% in laver, 32% in tang1e and 59% in green laver as compared with those customarily obtained from proximate composition and Atwater's coefficient.