An antibody raised against purified glyoxysomal lipase (triacylglycerol hydrolase EC 3.1.1.3.) from castor bean (relative molecular weight of 62,000) also binds to a protein with a relative molecular weight of 62,000 in extracts of food reserve tissues from many young oilseed plants. These plants include Brassica napus L., Zea mays L., Arachis hypogaea L., Glycine max L., Gossipium hirsutum L.,...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume with high nutritional value. In Nicaragua, certified healthy seeds of local bean varieties are not available, and seedborne fungi have gained little attention. Here, were surveyed seedborne pathogenic fungi in an important local bean cultivar, 'INTA Rojo'. Beans grown in the four main production areas in Nicaragua (Boaco, Carazo, Estelí...

ABSTRACT Lima bean is an important crop in Northeastern Brazil and a source of food income for farmers the region. However, there have been few genetic studies on this species, which limits knowledge available use breeding programs. The objective study was to estimate relationship between cycle production traits using canonical correlation analysis identify that can be used indirect selection l...

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris (L.) Savi, is a member of the genus Phaseolus, belonging to subtribe Phaseolinae. It in turn is a member of the tribe Phaseoleae of the subfamily Papilionoideae and the family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (van Eseltine, 1931; in Lackey, 1977; Maréchal et al., 1978). The neotropical genus Phaseolus includes about 50 to 60 species of wild bean (Toro et al., 1990), mo...

Legumes are the cheapest source of proteins with desirable nutritional qualities like ability to lower serum cholesterol with high fibre content and high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids. In this context, underutilized legumes including tribal pulses viz, Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean), Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram) and Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean) were powdered and evaluate...

The wild-type seed lima bean lectin (LBL), and recombinant LBL expressed in Escherichia coli show specificity for the human blood group A immunodominant trisaccharide GalNAc alpha 1-3[Fuc alpha 1-2]Gal beta 1-R. We have generated four site-specific mutants of LBL, two of which show altered specificity for extended carbohydrate structures. Four mutants, [C127Y]LBL, [H128P]LBL, [H128R]LBL and [W1...

Nutrition history in Indonesia began in 1887, when Christiann Eijkman discovered the relationship between vitamin B-1 deficiency and beri-beri. In the 1950's, the socialization of nutrition messages started with the introduction of "Healthy Four Perfect Five" (Empat Sehat Lima Sempurna-ESLS). For the next 25 years after that, ESLS became a favorite in nutrition education and was nationally know...

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 (...