Crack and cook: A simple and quick process for elimination of concanavalin A (Con A) from Canavalia seeds

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Udedibie, A B I ^a,b   Carlini, C R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Canavalia; Concanavalin A; Cooking; Cracking; Hemagglutination; Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346940034     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00160-6     Document Type: Article

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