Diversity in nutritional composition of wild jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis L. DC) seeds collected from south India

Chemometric dissimilarity in nutritive value of popularly consumed Nigerian brown and white common beans

“…Average level of calcium is higher in Nigerian beans but with a maximum level in a UFLA-Brazil variety. Sodium content in Nigerian beans is comparable to levels reported in many older similar studies (CIAT, Beebe, Gonzalez, & Rengifo, 2000;Chilean, Mario et al, 2009;UFLA-Brazil, Silva, Abreu, Ramalho, Patto, & Maia, 2012) and is always low when compare to other macro-minerals, even in other legumes (Vadivel & Janardhanan, 2001;Apata & Ologhobo, 1994). The present results also showed abundance of K, Ca and Mg, over Na, and therefore, are likely the main cations found in common bean.…”

“…Consequently, Nigerian common beans are cheaper sources of protein that could serve as good substitutes for dietary animal protein in regions where meat is not readily available McPhee & Muehlbauer, 2002). Furthermore, the present results and other similar studies indicate that COH is the main nutritional component of common bean, constituting about 50% or more, (Vadivel & Janardhanan, 2001;McPhee & Muehlbauer, 2002). By estimation, range of COH content, 40.5 to 60.6 g obtained in Nigerian common beans can cater for 31.2-46.6% of 130 g RDA/ AI for a 70 kg adult male, while a full measure is obtainable from 215 to 321 g of the beans, respectively.…”

“…Their proximate content is within the range reported for common beans from other regions and also for other food and tree legumes, but some extreme values were also reported. However, higher level of MC was observed in Nigerian beans over some other legumes (Apata & Ologhobo, 1994;Barampama & Simard, 1993;Grela & Gunter, 1995;Longvah & Deosthale, 1998;Mario, Viviana, & Juan, 2009;McPhee & Muehlbauer, 2002;Vadivel & Janardhanan, 2001;Vijayakumari, Siddhuraju, & Janardhanan, 1994).…”

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

“…Seeds of C. cathartica and C. maritima varied by 2.82% due to their different habitats, which determines the quantity and quality of seed protein (Vadivel & Janardhanan, 2001b). Crude fiber, lipid and ash of C. cathartica (2.83%, 1.9%, 3.3%) and C. maritima (2.23%, 1.57%, 3.4%) were lesser than C. ensiformis (5.08%, 5.8%, 4.64%) (Rajaram & Janardhanan, 1992).…”

Effect of soaking followed by cooking and the addition of α-galactosidase on oligosaccharides levels in different Canavalia accessions

“…They are grown as cover crops, green manure and fodder crops (Rajaram and Janardhanan, 1992;Siddhuraju and Becker, 2001a). Among the various under-exploited legumes, Canavalia beans contains high quality of both proteins (19.9-35.0%) and lipids (0.8-9.9%) and merits a wide use in South and Southeast Asian countries and other parts of the tropics as food legumes (Rodrigues and Torne, 1991;Rajaram and Janardhanan, 1992;Mohan and Janardhanan, 1994;Laurena et al, 1994;Vadivel et al, 1998;Vadivel and Janardhanan, 2001;Siddhuraju and Becker, 2001a;Janardhanan et al, 2003a). The protein quality of these wild pulses seems to be similar to that of most edible legumes and hence, they are advocated to be good sources of extending protein sources (Bressani et al, 1987;Ekanayake et al, 2000).…”