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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971110903321

Titolo

Beans : nutrition, consumption and health / / Elena Popescu and Ivan Golubev, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-62100-216-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Agriculture issues and policies

Nutrition and diet research progress

Altri autori (Persone)

PopescuElena <1964->

GolubevIvan <1970->

Disciplina

633.3/72

Soggetti

Beans

Beans - Nutrition

Beans - Health aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Functional food sources: beans in sight / Rocio Campos-Vega ... [et al.] -- Chemical composition and food properties of six cultivars (whole and dehulled) of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) flours / E.I. Adeyeye -- Chemical composition and anti-nutritional factors in five tropical legume seeds / David Betancur-Ancona ... [et al.] -- Preparation techniques for maintenance of nutritional quality of beans / Ana Carolina Fernandes, Rossana Pacheco da Costa Proença -- Genetic diversity of grains, storage pests and their effects on the worldwide bean supply / Isabel Ribeiro do Valle Teixeira, Cristiane Fortes Gris -- Food-grade soybean: consumption, nutrition, and health / Bo Zhang ... [et al.] -- Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory and antioxidant activities of protein hydrolysates from four tropical legumes / Maira Segura-Campos ... [et al.] -- Beans by-products, potential sources for functional ingredients / I. Mateos-Aparicio -- Relationship between nutritional quality of beans and growing conditions / Eszter Nemeskéri -- Proteinase inhibitors from legumes / T.B. Ng -- Lectins in legumes / Jack Ho Wong, T.B. Ng -- Leguminous alpha-amylase inhibitors / T.B. Ng ... [et al.] -- Seed yield in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) is correlated with root length density and total dry matter / P. Khajudparn



... [et al.] -- Defensins in beans / Jack H. Wong, T.B. Ng.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the nutrition, consumption and health benefits of bean products. Topics discussed in this compilation include the chemical composition and food properties of six cultivars of African yam bean flours; food-grade soybean consumption and nutrition; proteinase inhibitors from legumes; lectins in legumes; seed yield in mungbean as correlated with root length density and total dry matter; defensins in beans; nutritional quality of beans and growing conditions; bean by-products and the angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory and antioxidant activities of protein hydrolysates from four tropical legumes.