Pod Mesocarp Flour of North and South American Species of Leguminous Tree Prosopis (Mesquite): Composition and Food Applications

Food Reviews International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-66

  Felker, Peter ^a   Takeoka, Gary ^b   Dao, Lan ^b  

^a Casa de Mesquite   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algarrobo; Allergens; Aroma; Browning; Celiac; Desertification; Fiber; Gluten free; Legume; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

ALGARROBO; AROMA; BROWNING; CELIAC; DESERTIFICATION; GLUTEN-FREE; LEGUME; SEMIARID;

ALLERGENS; CLIMATOLOGY; FIBERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; LEGUMES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SUGAR;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; PROSOPIS; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84866724082     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2012.692139     Document Type: Review

References (68)

1. Burkart, A. 1976. A monograph of the genus Prosopis (Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor., 57: 217-249. 450-525.
2. Geesing, D., Felker, P. and Bingham, R.L. 2000. Influence of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) on soil nitrogen and carbon development: Implications for global C sequestration. J. Arid Environ., 46: 157-180.
3. Wojtusik, T., Felker, P., Russell, E.J. and Benge, M.D. 1993. Cloning of erect, thornless, non-browsed nitrogen fixing trees of Haiti's principal fuelwood species (Prosopis juliflora). Agroforest. Sys., 21: 293-300.
4. Gupta, R.K. and Balera, G.S. 1972. Comparative studies on the germination, growth and seedling biomass of two promising exotics in the Rajasthan Desert. Indian Forester,: 280-285.
5. Felker, P. and Guevara, J.C. 2003. Potential of commercial hardwood forestry plantations in arid lands-An economic analyses of Prosopis lumber production in Argentina and the United States under varying management and genetic improvement strategies. Forest Ecol. Manage., 186: 271-286.
6. Velarde, M., Felker, P. and Degano, C. 2003. Evaluation of Argentine and Peruvian Prosopis germplasm for growth at seawater salinities. J. Arid Environ., 55: 515-531.
7. Mooney, H.A. 1977. "Water Economy". In Mesquite-Its Biology In Two Desert Ecosystems, Edited by: Simpson, B.B. 30-38. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden Hutchinson & Ross.
8. Felker, P. and Clark, P.R. 1982. Position of mesquite (Prosopis spp) nodulation and nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in 3 m long phraetophytically simulated soil columns. Plant Soil, 64: 297-305.
9. Alban, L., Matorel, M., Romero, J., Grados, N., Cruz, G. and Felker, P. 2002. Cloning of elite, multipurpose trees of the Prosopis juliflora/pallida complex in Piura, Peru. Agroforest. Sys., 54: 173-182.
10. Ewens, M. and Felker, P. 2010. A comparison of pod production and insect ratings of 12 elite Prosopis alba clones in a 5 year semi arid Argentine field trial. Forest Ecol. Manag., 260: 378-383.
11. Felker, P. 2009. "Unusual physiological properties of the arid adapted tree legume Prosopis and their applications in developing countries". In Perspectives in Biophysical Plant Ecophysiology: A Tribute to Park S. Nobel, Edited by: De la Barrera, E. and Smith, W.K. 221-255. Albuquerque, NM: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Press.
12. Bell, W.H. and Castetter, E.F. 1937. The Utilization of Mesquite and Screwbean by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. Biological Series 5, No. 2
13. Castetter, E.F. and Bell, W.H. 1951. "Wild plant and animal products". In Yuma Indian Agriculture, 179-189. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.
14. Bean, L.J. and Saubel, K.S. 1972. Temalpakh Cahuilla Indian knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press.
15. Felker, P. 2005. Mesquite flour. New life for an ancient staple. Gastronomica, 5: 85-89.
16. Felger, R.S. and Moser, M.B. 1976. Seri Indian food plants: Desert subsistence without agriculture. Ecol. Food Nutr., 5: 13-27.
17. Felger, R.S. 1977. "Mesquite in Indian cultures of southwestern North America". In Mesquite, Its Biology in Two Desert Scrub Ecosystems, Edited by: Simpson, B.B. 150-176. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, exclusive distributor; Halstead Press.
18. Beresford-Jones, D.G., Arce, S., Oliver, T., Whaley, Q. and Chepstow-Lusty, A. 2009. The role of Prosopis in ecological and landcape change in the Samaca basin, lower Ica Valley, south coast Peru from the Earlier Horizon to the Late Intermediate period. Latin Am. Antiq., 20: 303-332.
19. Capparelli, A. 2011. Elucidating post-harvest practices involved in the processing of algarrobo (Prosopis spp.) for food at El Shincal Inka site (Northwest Argentina): An experimental approach based on charred remains. Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci., 3: 93-112. doi:10.1007/s12520-011-0061-4
20. Capparelli, A. and Lema, V. 2011. Recognition of post-harvest processing of algarrobo (Prosopis spp.) as food from two sites of Northwestern Argentina: An ethnobotanical and experimental approach for desiccated macroremains. Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci., 3: 71-92. doi:10.1007/s12520-011-0052-5
21. D'Antoni, H.L. and Solbrig, O.T. 1977. "Algarrobos in South American cultures past and present". In Mesquite, Its Biology in Two Desert Scrub Ecosystems, Edited by: Simpson, B.B. 189-199. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, exclusive distributor, Halstead Press.
22. Mann, H.S., Saxena, S and Khejri, K. 1980. Prosopis cineraria in the Indian Desert. Its Role in Agroforestry, Vol. 11, Jodhpur, India: Central Arid Zone Research Institute. CAZRI Monograph
23. Felker, P. and Bandurski, R.S. 1977. Protein and amino acid composition of tree legume seeds. J. Sci. Food Agric., 28: 791-797.
24. Oduol, P.A., Felker, P., McKinley, C.R. and Meier, C.E. 1986. Variation among selected Prosopis families for pod sugar and pod protein contents. Forest Ecol. Manage., 16: 423-431.
25. Meyer, D. 1984. Processing, utilization and economics of mesquite pods as a raw material for the food industry, Zurich: Ph.D. thesis, ETH 7688, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
26. Meyer, D., Becker, R., Gumbmann, M.R., Vohra, R., Neukom, H. and Saunders, R.M. 1986. Processing, composition, nutritional evaluation, and utilization of mesquite (Prosopis spp.) pods as a raw material for the food industry. J. Agric. Food Chem., 34: 914-919.
27. Saunders, R.M., Becker, R., Meyer, D., Del Valle, F.R., Bellestin, E.M. and Torres, M.E. 1986. Identification of commercial milling techniques to produce high sugar, high fiber, high protein and high galactomannan gum fractions from Prosopis pods. Forest Ecol. Manag., 16: 169-181.
28. Felker, P., Grados, N., Cruz, G. and Prokopiuk, D. 2003. Economic assessment of production of flour from Prosopis alba and P. pallida pods for human food applications. J. Arid Environ., 53: 517-523.
29. Grados, N.; Cruz, G. New approaches to industrialization of algarrobo (Prosopis pallida) pods in Peru. In Prosopis: Semi arid Fuelwood and Forage Tree. Building Consensus for the Disenfranchised at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, March 1996; Felker, P., Moss, J., Eds.; Center Semi-Arid Forest Resources Publishing: Kingsville, TX, 1996; pp 3-25-3-42 http://www.udep.edu.pe/upadi/Prosopis/index.html (http://www.udep.edu.pe/upadi/Prosopis/index.html)
30. Cruz, G. 1999. Production and characterization of Prosopis seed galactomannan, Zurich: Ph.D. thesis, ETH 13153, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
31. Prokopiuk, D.B. 2005. Sucedáneo del café a partir de algarroba (Prosopis alba Griseb), Valencia, Spain: Ph.D. thesis, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.
32. Becker, B. and Grosjean, O.-K.K. 1980. A compositional study of two varieties of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa, P. velutina.). J. Agric. Food Chem., 28: 22-25.
33. Kumar, V., Rani, A., Goyal, L., Dixit, A.K., Manjaya, J.G., Dev, J. and Swamy, M. 2010. Sucrose and raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) in soybean seeds as influenced by genotype and growing location. J. Agric. Food Chem., 58: 5081-5085.
34. Bravo, L., Grados, N. and Saura-Calixto, F. 1998. Characterization of syrup and dietary fibre obtained from mesquite pods (Prosopis pallida L.). J. Agric. Food Chem., 46: 1727-1733.
35. Cardozo, M.L., Ordoñez, R.M., Zampini, I.C., Cuello, A.S., Dibenedetto, G. and Isla, M.I. 2010. Evaluation of antioxidant capacity, genotoxicity and polyphenol content of non conventional foods: Prosopis flour. Food Res. Int., 43: 1505-1510.
36. Brand, J.C., Snow, B.J., Nabhan, G.P. and Truswell, A.S. 1990. Plasma glucose and insulin responses to traditional Pima Indian meals. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 51: 416-420.
37. Kingsolver, J.M., Johnson, C.D, Swier, S.R. and Teran, A. 1977. "Prosopis fruits as a resource for invertebrates". In Mesquite, Its Biology in Two Desert Scrub Ecosystems, Edited by: Simpson, B.B. 108-122. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, exclusive distributor; Halstead Press.
38. Ludwig, D.S. and Eckel, R.H. 2002. The glycemic index at 20 yr. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 76(SUPPL.): 264S-265S.
39. Case, S. 2008. Gluten-Free Diet. A Comprehensive Resource Guide, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Case Nutrition Consulting.
40. Vaher, M., Matso, K., Levandi, T., Helmja, K. and Kaljurand, M. 2010. Phenolic compounds and the antioxidant activity of the bran, flour and whole grain of different wheat varieties. Proc. Chem., 2: 76-82.
41. Moore, J., Liu, J.-G., Zhou, K. and Yu, L. 2006. Effects of genotype and environment on the antioxidant properties of hard winter wheat bran. J. Agric. Food Chem., 54: 5313-5322.
42. Hung, P.V., Maeda, T., Miyatake, K. and Morita, N. 2009. Total phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of wheat graded flours by polishing method. Food Res. Int., 42: 185-190.
43. Khan, N., Zaman, R. and Elashi, M. 1986. Effect of phytic acid content of wheat products. J. Agric. Food Chem., 34: 1010-1012.
44. Kim, D.O., Lee, K.W., Lee, H.J. and Lee, C.Y. 2002. Vitamin C equivalent antioxidant capacity (VCEAC) of phenolic phytochemicals. J. Agric. Food Chem., 50: 3713-3717.
45. Takeoka, G., Felker, P., Prokopiuk, D. and Dao, L. 2008. "Volatile constituents of mesquite (Prosopis) pods". In Food Flavor: Chemistry, Sensory Evaluation, and Biological Activity, Edited by: Tamura, H., Ebeler, S.E., Kubota, K. and Takeoka, G.R. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. ACS Symposium Series 988
46. Rodríguez-Burruezo, A., Kollmannsberger, H., Prohens, J., Nitz, S. and Nuez, F. 2004. Analysis of the volatile aroma constituents of parental and hybrid clones of pepino (Solanum muricatum). J. Agric. Food Chem., 52: 5663-5669.
47. Takeoka, G.R., Wong, R., Dao, L. and Felker, P. 2009. Identification of 5,6-dihydro-6-propyl-2H-pyran-2-one as the major volatile constituent in mesquite (Prosopis) flour. Food Chem., 115: 1025-1027.
48. Marinangeli, C.P.F., Kassis, A.N. and Jones, P.J.H. 2009. Glycemic responses and sensory characteristics of whole yellow pea flour added to novel functional foods. J Food Sci., 74: S385-S389.
49. Pak, N., Araya, H., Villalon, R. and Tagle, M.A. 1977. Analytical study of Tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo) an autochthonous Chilean feed. J. Sci. Food Agric., 28: 59-62.
50. Harden, M.L. and Zolfaghari, R. 1988. Nutritive composition of green and ripe pods of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa, Fabaceae). Econ. Bot., 42: 522-532.
51. Oliveira, A.S., Pereira, R.A., Lima, L.M., Morais, A.H.A., Melo, F.R., Franco, O.L., Bloch, C., Grossi-de-Sa, M.F. and Sales, M.P. 2002. Activity toward bruchid pest of a Kunitz-type inhibitor from seeds of the Algaroba tree (Prosopis juliflora D.C.). Pestic. Biochem. Physiol., 72: 122-132.
52. Boyd, M.L. and Cotty, P.J. 2001. Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination of leguminous trees of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. Phytopathology, 91: 913-919.
53. Choge, S.K., Pasiecznik, N.M., Harvey, M., Wright, J., Awan, S.Z. and Harris, P.J.C. 2007. Prosopis pods as human food, with special reference to Kenya. Water SA, 33(Special Edition): 419-424.
54. Silva, A.M.M., Silva, A.R., Pinheiro, A.M., Freitas, S.R.V.B., Silva, V.D.A., Souza, C.S., Hughes, J.B., El-Bachá, R.S., Costa, M.F.D., Velozo, E.S., Tardy, M. and Costa, S.L. 2007. Alkaloids from Prosopis juliflora leaves induce glial activation, cytotoxicity and stimulate NO production. Toxicon, 49: 601-614.
55. Nakano, H., Nakajima, E., Fujii, Y., Shigemori, H. and Hasegawa, K. 2004. Structure-activity relationships of alkaloids from mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.). Plant Growth Regul., 44: 207-210.
56. Nakano, H., Nakajima, E., Hiradate, S., Fujii, Y., Yamada, K., Shigemori, H. and Hasegawa, K. 2004. Growth inhibitory alkaloids from mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.) leaves. Phytochemistry, 65: 587-591.
57. Choudhary, M.I., Nawaz, S.A., Zaheer-ul-Haq, Azim, M.K., Ghayur, M.N., Lodhi, M.A., Jalil, S., Khalid, A., Ahmed, A., Rode, B.M., Atta-ur-Rahman, G. and Anwar-ul-Hassan, Ahmad, V.U. 2005. Juliflorine: A potent natural peripheral anionic-site-binding inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase with calcium-channel blocking potential, a leading candidate for Alzheimer's disease therapy. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 332: 1171-1179.
58. Tapia, A., Feresin, G,E., Bustos, D., Astudillo, L., Theoduloz, C. and Schmeda-Hirschmann, G. 2000. Biologically active alkaloids and a free radical scavenger from Prosopis species. J. Ethnopharmacol., 71: 241-246.
59. Tabosa, M., Riet-Correa, F., Barros, S.S., Summers, B.A., Simoes, S.V.D., Medeiros, R.M.T. and Nobre, V.M.T. 2006. Neurohistologic and ultrastructural lesions in cattle experimentally intoxicated with the plant Prosopis juliflora. Vet. Pathol., 43: 695-701.
60. Abdelgabbar, A.I. 1981. Feed utilization and body composition of Sudan desert goats fed mesquite (Prosopis chilensis), Khartoum, Sudan: M.Sc. thesis, University of Khartoum.
61. da Silva, D.S. 1981. Substitucao do Farelo de Trigo (Triticum vulgare Komarnitzky) pelo fruto triturado de algarobeira (Prosopis juliflora (S.w.) D.C.) na alimentacao de bovinos de corte em confinamento. Ganho de peso e aspecto economico [Substitution of wheat bran (Triticum vulgare Komarnitzky) with ground mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (S.w.) D.C.) pods for feeding of beef cattle in feedlots. Weight gain and economic aspects], Paraiba, Brazil: Masters thesis, Universidade Federal da Paraiba.
62. Nobre, F.V. 1981. Substituição de farelo de trigo pelo fruto triturado de algarobeira (Prosopis juliflora (S.w.) D.C.) na alimentacao de vacas em lactacao [Replacement of wheat bran by the ground mesquite pods (Prosopis juliflora (S.w.) D.C.) in the diet of dairy cows], Paraiba, Brazil: Masters thesis, Universidade Federal da Paraiba.
63. Lajolo, F.M. and Genovese, M.I. 2002. Nutritional significance of lectins and enzyme inhibitors from legumes. J. Agric. Food Chem., 50: 6592-6598.
64. Joseph, L.M., Hymowitz, T., Schmidt, M.A. and Herman, E.M. 2006. Evaluation of glycine germplasm for nulls of the immunodominant allergen P34/Gly m Bd 30k. Crop Sci., 46: 1755-1763.
65. Ramos, M.L., Fleming, G., Chu, Y., Akiyama, Y., Gallo, M. and Ozias-Akins, P. 2006. Chromosomal and phylogenetic context for conglutin genes in Arachis based on genomic sequence. Mol. Gen. Genomics, 275: 578-592.
66. Felker, P., Lopez, C., Soulier, C., Ochoa, J., Abdala, R. and Ewens, M. 2001. Genetic evaluation of Prosopis alba (algarrobo) in Argentina for cloning elite trees. Agroforest. Syst., 53: 65-76.
67. Del Valle, F.R., Marco, E., Becker, R. and Saunders, R.M. 1989. Development of products containing mesquite (Prosopis spp.) pod flour and their nutritional and organoleptic evaluation. J. Food Process. Pres., 13: 447-456.
68. Figueiredo, A.A. 1975. Lebensmittelchemisch relevanter Inhaltsstoff der Schoten der Algarobeira (Prosopis juliflora DC), Würzburg, Germany: Ph.D. thesis, University of Würzburg.