amount of protein

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amount
noun[C]
uk
/əˈmaʊnt/us
/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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protein
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.tiːn/us
/ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and ...
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(Definition ofamountandproteinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Lymph also contains a small amount of metabolic waste and a much smalleramountofproteinthan that of blood.
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Therefore, a 90-year old can not safely consume the sameamountofproteinas a 20-year old.
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Eggs contain highamountofprotein, fat, cholesterol and amino acids which are beneficial to a growing child.
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The image is analysed by densitometry, which evaluates the relativeamountofproteinstaining and quantifies the results in terms of optical density.
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Healthy poultry require a sufficientamountofproteinand carbohydrates, along with the necessary vitamins, dietary minerals, and an adequate supply of water.
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This may have knock-on effects on other parts of ecosystems as herbivores will need to eat more food to gain the sameamountofprotein.
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Thus, theamountofprotein, carbohydrate, water, etc. in biological materials affects the near-infrared spectra.
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Theamountofproteinloaded in each lane was 30 mg.
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The totalamountofproteinin each case should be about the same.
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Neither abscisic acid nor cytokinins modified theamountofprotein.
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Theamountofprotein, fat and lactose per feed was seen to be more or less constant during the first 6 months of lactation, then it gradually dropped.
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However, theamountofproteinproduced is still very limited, but recent advances in insect cell expression systems can now produce fairly substantial quantities of recombinant protein.
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Influences of cultivar, cultivation year and fertilizer rate onamountofproteingroups and amount and size distribution of mono- and polymeric proteins in wheat.
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It is said that fish farming produces the biggestamountofproteinper acre.
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The totalamountofproteinis about 73 grammes a day.
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Theamountofproteinin that year was about 45 grammes, which, after allowing for wastage, was a reasonable average for the community.
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Another major problem is that so far an enormousamountofproteinfood has been required in order to get a proportionately small return.
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The producer of beef has to sell protein feedingstuffs off his own farm in order to get back half theamountofproteinby way of cake.
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The reason for that is, that theamountofproteinanimal food had been allocated to those countries based on their purchases for the period from 1935 to 1937.
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If we are to see theamountofproteinfor the world's population that is derived from fish being maintained, clearly an awful lot will be asked of aquaculture.
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