Protein fractions, amino acid composition and antinutritional constituents of high-yielding cowpea cultivars

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Vasconcelos, Ilka Maria ^a   Maia, Fernanda Maria Machado ^b   Farias, Davi Felipe ^a   Campello, Claudio Cabral ^b   Carvalho, Ana Fontenele Urano ^a   de Azevedo Moreira, Renato ^a   de Oliveira, Jose Tadeu Abreu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Antinutritional factors; Cowpea; Food analysis; Food composition; Haemagglutinins; Protein fractions; Trypsin inhibitors; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 77649181642     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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