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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CENTROSEMA PUBESCENCE LEGUME SEEDS
Author(s) -
UKHUN MARK E.,
IFEBIGH E. O.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1988.tb00378.x
Subject(s) - legume , methionine , oleic acid , food science , chemistry , fatty acid , limiting , degree of unsaturation , lysine , essential amino acid , proximate , amino acid , linolenic acid , biology , botany , biochemistry , linoleic acid , chromatography , mechanical engineering , engineering
The amino acid and fatty acid compositions of the seeds of the wild Nigerian legume Centrosema pubescence have been determined, along with proximate composition and levels of selected inorganic ions. Total unsaturation of the lipid extract amounted to about 59% with oleic acid being not only the dominant unsaturated fatty acid, but also the overall single dominant fatty acid. The first limiting amino acid was methionine. Lysine was present at a level higher than in the reference egg protein. The proximate composition was characterized by high protein and crude fiber contents (21 and 9.7%, respectively) and by low crude fat (about 2.3%) and ash contents (about 3.5%). Varying levels of selected inorganic ions were also detected .