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Protein efficiency ratio

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005238

An assessment of dietary protein quality by calculating weight gain divided by intake of a specific protein during a given period.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005238
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectHuman Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
AbbreviationPER
Synonymsprotein efficiency rate
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoNutritive value; Protein value; Dietary protein
TranslationsSpanish: relación de eficiencia proteica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005238",
  "term": "Protein efficiency ratio",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An assessment of dietary protein quality by calculating weight gain divided by intake of a specific protein during a given period.",
  "abbreviation": "PER",
  "synonyms": [
    "protein efficiency rate"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "nutritive value",
    "protein value",
    "dietary protein"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "relación de eficiencia proteica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/protein-efficiency-ratio/"
}

Record 5,168 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.