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Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis) oil (JMO) can be used effectively as fumigant againstSitophilus oryzae in stored sorghum. The effect of JMO at a dose of 166 µl/l of space on nutrient composition and protein quality was studied in infested and uninfested sorghum grains stored for 3 months. The results revealed non significant effect of JMO on gran moisture, total ash, crude fibre, crude fat, crude protein and fat acidity in infested and uninfested grains at the end of 3 months storage. The JMO treatment had small but significant effect on reducing and nonreducing sugars. The values of Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER) for uninfested JMO treated grains, infested JMO treated grains and for untreated control stored for 3 months were 1.11, 1.07 and 1.09, respectively against control casein diet for which it was 2.15.
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Singh, M., Srivastava, S., Srivastava, R.P. et al. Effect of Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis) oil as fumigant on nutritional quality of stored sorghum. Plant Food Hum Nutr 47, 109–114 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01089259
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