Nutritional and antinutritional significance of four unconventional legumes of the genus Canavalia - A comparative study

Food Chemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-288

  Sridhar, K R ^a   Seena, S ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Canavalia; Concanavalin A; Detoxification; Energy; Essential amino acids; Proteins; Wild legumes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CANALINE; CANATOXIN; CANAVALIA CATHARTICA EXTRACT; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS EXTRACT; CANAVALIA GLADIATA EXTRACT; CANAVALIA MARITIMA EXTRACT; CANAVANINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CONCANAVALIN A; CYANIDE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; MINERAL; PHYTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT LECTIN; POLYAMINE; POLYPHENOL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SAPONIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA CATHARTICA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CANAVALIA GLADIATA; CANAVALIA MARITIMA; CANCER THERAPY; COLON TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSKINESIA; ENERGY; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEGUME; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MALNUTRITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PANCREAS CANCER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEST CONTROL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RASH; SEED PRODUCTION;

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA CATHARTICA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CANAVALIA GLADIATA; CANAVALIA MARITIMA;

EID: 33745855180     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.07.049     Document Type: Article

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