Singh M, Srivastava S, Srivastava R P, Chauhan S S
Department of Foods & Nutrition, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, UP, India.
Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 1995 Feb;47(2):109-14. doi: 10.1007/BF01089259.
Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis) oil (JMO) can be used effectively as fumigant against Sitophilus oryzae in stored sorghum. The effect of JMO at a dose of 166 microliter/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 non-reducing 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.
日本薄荷（Mentha arvensis）油（JMO）可有效用作熏蒸剂，防治储存高粱中的米象。研究了剂量为166微升/升空间的JMO对储存3个月的受侵染和未受侵染高粱籽粒营养成分和蛋白质质量的影响。结果显示，储存3个月结束时，JMO对受侵染和未受侵染籽粒的颗粒水分、总灰分、粗纤维、粗脂肪、粗蛋白和脂肪酸度无显著影响。JMO处理对还原糖和非还原糖有微小但显著的影响。储存3个月的未受侵染JMO处理籽粒、受侵染JMO处理籽粒和未处理对照的蛋白质效率比（PER）值分别为1.11、1.07和1.09，而对照酪蛋白日粮的该值为2.15。
