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 …

Horse gram-an underutilized nutraceutical pulse crop: a review

SK Prasad, MK Singh - Journal of food science and technology, 2015 - Springer
Horse gram is an underutilized pulse crop grown in wide range of adverse climatic
conditions. It occupies an important place in human nutrition and has rich source of protein …

Proximate, mineral, and antinutrient compositions of indigenous Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) pod accessions: implications for mineral bioavailability

HF Gemede, GD Haki, F Beyene… - Food science & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The promotion and consumption of indigenous vegetables could help to mitigate food
insecurity and alleviate malnutrition in developing countries. Nutrient and antinutrient …

[PDF][PDF] Proximate, mineral and anti-nutrient composition of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L) seeds extract

CM Elinge, A Muhammad, FA Atiku… - International Journal of …, 2012 - academia.edu
Pumpkin seeds were analysed for their nutritional and anti-nutritional composition, the
results obtained were; moisture content (5.00%), ash (5.50%), crude lipid (38.00%, crude …

Nutritional quality evaluation of electron beam-irradiated lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) seeds

R Bhat, KR Sridhar - Food Chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Nutritional and antinutritional qualities, and functional properties of raw and electron beam-
irradiated (doses: 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 15 and 30kGy) lotus seeds were studied. Seeds were …

[PDF][PDF] Proximate, mineral and anti-nutritional compositions of melon (Citrullus lanatus) seeds

AG Jacob, DI Etong, A Tijjani - British Journal of Research, 2015 - researchgate.net
Objective: The purpose of this present study was to investigate the mineral, nutritional and
antinutritional compositions of melon (Citrullus lanatus) seed flour. Methods: The proximate …

[PDF][PDF] Proximate analysis, antioxidant and anti proliferative activities of different parts of Carica papaya

AM Maisarah, R Asmah… - Journal of tissue …, 2014 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
This study aimed to characterize the different parts of Carica papaya (ripe and unripe
papaya, leaves and seed), through their proximate composition, total antioxidant activity …

Physicochemical, functional and cooking properties of under explored legumes, Canavalia of the southwest coast of India

S Seena, KR Sridhar - Food Research International, 2005 - Elsevier
Nutritionally potential under explored wild legumes viz., Canavalia cathartica and Canavalia
maritima are widely distributed in mangroves and sand dunes, respectively, in Southwest …

[PDF][PDF] Proximate analysis, mineral contents and functional properties of Moringa oleifera leaf protein concentrate

A Sodamade, OS Bolaji, OO Adeboye - IOSR Journal of Applied …, 2013 - academia.edu
Freshly harvested Moringa oleifera was authenticated and processed for its vegetable leaf
protein concentrates and analysed for proximate composition, functional properties and …

Compositional studies and biological activities of some mash bean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) cultivars commonly consumed in Pakistan

M Zia-Ul-Haq, S Ahmad, SA Bukhari, R Amarowicz… - Biological Research, 2014 - Springer
Background In recent years, the desire to adopt a healthy diet has drawn attention to legume
seeds and food products derived from them. Mash bean is an important legume crop used in …