Literature review of an underutilized legume: Canavalia gladiata L.

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-321

  Ekanayake, S ^a   Jansz, E R ^b   Nair, B M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antinutritional factors; Canavalia gladiata; Chemical composition; Concanavalin A; Morphology; Sword beans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN INTAKE;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS;

EID: 0033735955     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008119107738     Document Type: Article

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