Backgrounds: G6PD deficiency is the most common enzymopathy of red blood cells. The clinical symptoms of favism are jaundice, hematuria and haemolytic anaemia that seem to affect liver and kidney in long term. Thus we evaluate kidney and liver function of favism patients in an endemic area of the disease with a high rate of fava beans cultivation. Methods: This study was performed on favism pa...

Red kidney beans were fed to weanling Long-Evans rats to cause diarrhoea (mean (SD) faecal wet weight: 2.66 (0.73) g/day in six rats fed beans v 1.12 (0.47) g/day in six control rats, p < 0.01) and increased faecal energy loss (4.87 (0.41) v 2.14 (0.23) kcal/day, p < 0.01). In addition, the rats fed beans had heavier small intestines (80.6 (4.6) v 51.9 (8.4) g/kg body weight, p < 0.01), heavier...

Quality attributes of cookies enriched with functional protein isolate from red kidney beans | Imran Hayat, Asif Ahmad, Nagina Rafique, Saima Rafiq, Saiqa Bashir, Raina Ijaz, Sohrab Qayyum Agricultural Journals

The influence of solid (SSF) or liquid state fermentation (LSF) for 48 and 96 h on the production of water soluble extracts from kidney beans was investigated. SSF was carried out by Bacillus subtilis, whilst LSF was performed either by natural fermentation (NF) or by Lactobacillus plantarum strain (LPF). SSF extracts showed high soluble phenolic compound content (31-36 mg/g) and antioxidant ac...

An extract from red kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) was fractionated with respect to RNA synthesis-stimulating activity. The activity of the fractions was tested in chicken-spleen lymphocytes cultured in serum-free medium and in plasmolyzed E. coli cells. Lymphocyte-stimulating activity was found in a fraction called F III. This fraction contained protein and orcinol-positive carbohydrate. Th...

Eighty-five samples from fifteen different legume seed lines generally available in the UK were examined by measurements of their net protein utilization by rats and by haemagglutination tests with erythrocytes from a number of different animal species. From these results the seeds were classified into four broad groups. Group a seeds from most varieties of kidney (Phaseolus vulgaris), runner (...

backgrounds: g6pd deficiency is the most common enzymopathy of red blood cells. the clinical symptoms of favism are jaundice, hematuria and haemolytic anaemia that seem to affect liver and kidney in long term. thus we evaluate kidney and liver function of favism patients in an endemic area of the disease with a high rate of fava beans cultivation. methods: this study was performed on favism pat...

Legumes, especially beans are considered an important and inexpensive source of protein, dietaiy fiber, vitamins, essential minerals (Fe, Zn, Ca, etc) and bioactive compounds such as folates, saponins, and phenolics, in many developed and developing countries. In addition, beans are very low in sodium, cholesterol, and saturated fatty acids but rich in unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic a...