Nutritional quality and health benefits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): a review

AK Jukanti, PM Gaur, CLL Gowda… - British Journal of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse crop grown and consumed all over the
world, especially in the Afro-Asian countries. It is a good source of carbohydrates and …

Exploring the nutritional potential of wild and underutilized legumes

R Bhat, AA Karim - … Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Providing safe, nutritious, and wholesome food for poor and undernourished populations
has been a major challenge for the developing world. Acute shortage, unreliable supply …

[PDF][PDF] Studies on the chemical compositions and anti nutrients of some lesser known Nigeria fruits

MO Bello, OS Falade, SRA Adewusi… - African Journal of …, 2008 - ajol.info
Studies on the chemical compositions and anti nutrients of some lesser known Nigeria fruits
Page 1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 7 (21), pp. 3972-3979, 5 November, 2008 …

Nutritional and compositional study of desi chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars grown in Punjab, Pakistan

M Zia-Ul-Haq, S Iqbal, S Ahmad, M Imran, A Niaz… - Food Chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Four indigenous Desi chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars grown in the Punjab Province of
Pakistan have been analyzed to determine and compare their nutritional and compositional …

Underutilized fruit crops of Indian arid and semi-arid regions: Importance, conservation and utilization strategies

VS Meena, JS Gora, A Singh, C Ram, NK Meena… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, there is a large demand for nutrient-dense fruits to promote nutritional and
metabolic human health. The production of commercial fruit crops is becoming progressively …

How many wild edible plants do we eat—their diversity, use, and implications for sustainable food system: an exploratory analysis in India

A Ray, R Ray, EA Sreevidya - Frontiers in Sustainable food systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Wild edible plants are still eaten by a large section of the global population and ensure both
affordable food and nutritional security. We tested this in an Indian context, where an …

Alternative food/feed perspectives of an underutilized legume Mucuna pruriens var. utilis—a review

M Pugalenthi, V Vadivel, P Siddhuraju - Plant foods for human nutrition, 2005 - Springer
Mucuna pruriens var. utilis, an underutilized tropical legume has a nutritional quality
comparable to soya beans and other conventional legumes as it contains similar proportions …

Proximate, Antinutrients and Mineral Composition of Raw and Processed (Boiled and Roasted) Sphenostylis stenocarpa Seeds from Southern Kaduna, Northwest …

US Ndidi, CU Ndidi, A Olagunju… - International …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This research was aimed at evaluating the proximate composition, level of anti‐nutrients,
and the mineral composition of raw and processed Sphenostylis stenocarpa seeds and at …

Chemical composition of kabuli and desi chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars grown in Xinjiang, China

S Xiao, Z Li, K Zhou, Y Fu - Food Science & Nutrition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chickpeas are a very important legume crop and have abundant protein, carbohydrate, lipid,
fiber, isoflavone, and mineral contents. The chemical compositions of the four chickpea …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of processing technique on the nutritional composition and antinutrients content of under--utilized food legume Canavalia ensiformis L. DC.

A Doss, M Pugalenthi, VG Vadivel… - International Food …, 2011 - ifrj.upm.edu.my
Jack Bean (JB)(Canavalia ensiformis) is an indigenous legume promoted in Tamilnadu as a
green manure cover crop. It contains high protein but it is under-utilized due to the presence …