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Mucuna pruriens

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Effects of Single and Double Treatment Methods on the Micronutrients in Mucuna pruriens (Velvet Bean) Seed Flour

Clement Chinedum Ezegbe, Justina Nne Nwosu, Clifford Ifeanyi Owuamanam & Ekpeno Sunday Ukpong · Asian Food Science Journal · 2023

Mucuna pruriens seed is an underutilized legume with good nutritional value with a possibility of changes in its micronutrients’ composition during processing whose data is scanty. Mucuna pruriens seed flour was therefore evaluated for the effect of soaking, cooking, roasting, ge...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3624

Tannins and Saponins in Two Tropical Legumes and Measurement of their Biological Activity

Luis Sánchez Solano, Luis A. Chel Guerrero`, Maira R. Segura Campos, David A. Betancur Ancona & Arturo F. Castellanos Ruelas · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Raw tropical legumes have abundant amounts of tannins and saponins which are usually eliminated with high temperature once they are cooked. These biomolecules may represent new alternatives, to allopathic medicine, in order to prevent the accumulation of free radicals affec...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/12485