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  • Capable of metabolic transformation: said of foods received into the animal system. See metabolism.

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  • adjective biochemistry Able to be metabolized

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metabolize +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Dietary fiber decreases the metabolizable energy content and nutrient digestibility of mixed diets fed to humans.

    The Super Fiber That Controls Your Appetite and Blood Sugar 2010

  • Dietary fiber decreases the metabolizable energy content and nutrient digestibility of mixed diets fed to humans.

    Mark Hyman, MD: The Super Fiber That Controls Your Appetite and Blood Sugar 2010

  • Plant materials contain a wide range of phenolics from low molecular weight, metabolizable phenols to the much larger polyphenols, a group which, with molecular weights in the approximate range of 5003000, includes the tannins.

    Chapter 4 1994

  • This, in turn, may result in a diet which is deficient in metabolizable energy, especially if consumed together with native forage of poor nutritional quality.

    Chapter 5 1994

  • The presence of a starch-hydrolyzing lactic acid bacteria in the fermenting rice-fish mixture, especially during the early stages of the process, will ensure a continuous production of metabolizable sugars for subsequent formation of lactic acid.

    17 Using Mixed Starter Cultures for Thai Nham 1992

  • Energy values will increase by approximately 0.20 MJ of metabolizable energy (ME) for poultry or 0.25 MJ of digestible energy (DE) for pigs, per 1% increase in ether extract content.

    Chapter 5 1988

  • Metabolizable energy values of grains vary somewhat, generally in response to differences in fibre level, for example, the metabolizable energy value for poultry (MEP) is 14.2 MJ/kg for maize with 3.0% fibre but only 10.6

    Chapter 6 1988

  • In this bulletin, energy levels are expressed in megajoules (MJ) of metabolizable energy

    Chapter 5 1988

  • In these trials energy value (metabolizable energy for chicks, digestible energy for pigs) is also determined.

    Chapter 25 1979

  • In the final analysis, the metabolizable energy available for chickens is only one-third of that for pigs.

    Chapter 3 1979

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