1. The concentrations of four serum glycoproteins, thyroxine-binding globulin, alpha 2-macroglobulin, alpha 1-antitrypsin and transferrin, as well as their reactivities with concanavalin A and lentil-lectin, were measured in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or fulminant hepatic failure and in normal subjects. 2. Serum concentrations of thyroxine-binding globulin and alpha 1-antitrypsin we...

in this study, functional properties of red bean, chickpea, lentil and canellini bean were evaluated. our results revealed that beans had the highest emulsifying capacity. this property was minimum at the isoelectric point (about 4) among all samples which is in concistent with their solubility curves. salt concentration of 0.5 m did not have a significant influence on emulsifying capacity but ...

Terminal velocity of chickpea, rice and lentil seeds has been experimentally measured by suspending the seeds in an air stream. In order to assessment the effects of seed size and moisture content on terminal velocity a completely randomized design in factorial experiment was carried out. The results showed that size and moisture content have significant effects (p<0.01) on terminal velocityin ...

Developing an extruded lentil analog is our aim. Lentil analog with six formulations were produced using a pilot-scale single (SS) and twin screw (TS) extruders. Texture analysis of lentil analogs prepared for consumption revealed that the products formulated with 60:40 and 70:30 soy: wheat ratios exhibited a significantly higher hardness, adhesiveness and lower springiness as compared to all o...

BACKGROUND Lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus) is a diploid (2n = 2x = 14), self-pollinating grain legume with a haploid genome size of about 4 Gbp and is grown throughout the world with current annual production of 4.9 million tonnes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A consensus map of lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus) was constructed using three different lentils recombinant in...

The legume host affects the expression of Rhizobium leguminosarum hydrogenase activity in root nodules. High levels of symbiotic hydrogenase activity were detected in R. leguminosarum bacteroids from different hosts, with the exception of lentil (Lens culinaris). Transcription analysis showed that the NifA-regulated R. leguminosarum hydrogenase structural gene promoter (P(1)) is poorly induced ...

Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is an important proteinand carbohydrate-rich food for many developing countries and is also popular in developed countries where they are perceived as a healthy component of the diet. Lentil seeds contain about 24.2% high quality protein, 60% carbohydrates and 2.4 4.2% mineral matter (Hulse 1994). Although lentil is one of the oldest cultivated crop plants, its ag...

The efficient use of resources such as water and nutrients by plants is increasingly important as the world population food demand continues to grow. With the increased production of lentil in the temperate zones of North America, improvement in yield needs to be maintained. The use of wild lentil genotypes as sources of genetic diversity for introgression into cultivated lentil is an important...

A quantitative method was developed to measure the binding of fluorescent-labeled lentil (Lens esculenta Moench), pea (Pisum sativum L.), broad bean (Vicia faba L.), and jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis L., DC.) lectins to various Rhizobium strains. Lentil lectin bound to three of the five Rhizobium leguminosarum strains tested. The number of lentil lectin molecules bound per R. leguminosarum 128...

Four different legumes i.e. chickpea, lentil, broad and kidney beans were evaluated for chemical components, antinutritional profiling and protein isolates recovery including yield. In tested legumes, antinutritional compounds like phytates and trypsin inhibitor activities were higher in kidney bean whereas, haemagglutinin-lectin content in broad bean. However, trypsin inhibitor activity was lo...