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Quality and Utilization of Plant Proteins in Human Nutrition

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Plant Proteins from European Crops

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Plant proteins can differ from animal proteins in terms of digestibility, amino acid composition, the presence of antinutritional factors which influence digestibility and safety, and the presence of phytoprotectant factors which mediate disease protection. Nevertheless, plant proteins can provide all of human amino acid needs at all ages.

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  1. Centre for Nutrition and Food Safety, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK GU2 5XH, UK

    D. J. Millward

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Millward, D.J. (1998). Quality and Utilization of Plant Proteins in Human Nutrition. In: Guéguen, J., Popineau, Y. (eds) Plant Proteins from European Crops. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03720-1_29

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