Abstract
Seeds of the tribal pulse, Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC, were analysed for proximate composition, seed protein fractions, amino acid composition, fatty acid profiles, minerals and antinutritional factors. The seed materials contained higher amounts of crude protein and crude lipid when compared with most of the commonly consumed pulses. Albumin and globulin fractions constituted the major bulk of seed proteins. Though the level of the essential amino acid, threonine, was deficient, all the other essential amino acids, especially suipho-amino acids, together, of the seed proteins, were relatively abundant when compared with those of soybean seed proteins. The seed lipids contained a large proportion of unsaturated fatty acids with linoleic acid as the predominant fatty acid. The seeds were rich in minerals such as Ca, Mg, Zn, Mn, Fe and Cu. Antinutritional substances, such as total free phenols, tannins, l-DOPA and haemagglutinating activity, were also analysed/assayed.
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