Nutritional and antinutritional components of Canavalia spp. seeds from the west coast sand dunes of India

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Arun, A B ^a   Sridhar, K R ^a   Raviraja, N S ^a   Schmidt, E ^b   Jung, K ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Antinutritional factors; Canavalia; Mineral composition; Proximate analysis; Sand dune legumes; Seed proteins

Indexed keywords

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA CATHARTICA; CANAVALIA MARITIMA;

EID: 17044364565     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040340.86158.61     Document Type: Article

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