Tropical grain legumes as important human foods

Pulses And Legumes As Functional Foods

Legumes and pulses have long been a part of traditional diets in Asia, Africa and South America, which include most of the world's developing countries. More than 1,000 species of legumes are known to be grown1. Of these, only 20 or so have been cultivated for use as food. They have been consumed as a rich source of protein supplementing the cereal or tuber-based diets and have an important rol...

The Grain Legumes Integrated Project

Potential properties of legumes as important functional foods for management of type 2 diabetes: A short review

The concept of functional foods in health promotion and disease management has been developed during the past two decades. Beyond the basic nutritional functions, functional foods have several potential biological properties and have hence been given much attention. Leguminous seeds (peas, beans, lentils, peanuts), rich sources of bioactive proteins and peptides, functional fiber, indigestible ...

Germinated Legumes (Mung Bean and Cowpea) as Potential Commodities for Preparing Complementary Baby Foods

Legumes and pulses have high nutritive values and functional properties that exert positive effects on health and nutrition. This study developed a novel complementary baby food using germinated mung bean and cowpea as sources of extra nutrients supplemented to the infants (aging 6-12 months). The carbohydrate contents of mung bean and cowpea showed 64.3 and 64.0% reduction, respectively, durin...

Factors affecting the limitation of the cultivation of grain legumes in tropical territories.

Plant breeding and nutrition 57 Favism is a disease characterized by haemolytic anaemia that affects certain individuals following the ingestion of the broad or field bean, Viciafaba. In spite of rather extensive studies that have been made regarding the clinical and biochemical manifestations of favism, the causative principle of favism has not been identified with any degree of certainty. Rec...