Nutritional and anti-nutritional potential of three accessions of itching bean (Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC var. pruriens): An under-utilized tribal pulse

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-511

  Kala, Balasubiramanian Kamatchi ^a   Mohan, Veerabahu Ramasamy ^a  

^a V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

amino acid profile; anti nutrients; in vitro protein digestibility; Itching bean

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BEHENIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; MANGANESE; NICOTINIC ACID; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; CALCIUM INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; POTASSIUM INTAKE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOKING; DIGESTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VELVET BEAN; ANALYSIS; MUCUNA; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM, DIETARY; COOKERY; DIETARY FATS; DIGESTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; INDIA; MANGANESE; MUCUNA; NIACIN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VEGETABLE PROTEINS; COOKING;

MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS;

EID: 77954914048     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637480903482801     Document Type: Article

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