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Nutritional Assessment and Chemical Composition of Two Germplasm of Mucuna Monosperma DC. ex Wight


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1 Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Coimbatore - 641 018, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Biotechnology, Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Aranvoyal Kuppam, Tiruvallur – 602 025, Tamil Nadu, India
     

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Two germplasm of the tribal pulse Mucuna monosperma DC. ex Wight viz. Yellur, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu (Western Ghats) and Vaitheki falls, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu (Western Ghats) were analysed for proximate composition, mineral composition, amino acid composition, In vitro protein digestibility and fatty acid profiles of lipids. Crude proteins, crude lipids, ash, total dietary fibre and NFE constituted 23.10 - 23.45%, 4.36- 4.39%, 3.21- 3.80%, 8.9 - 9.21% and 59.53-60.05%,respectively. The contents of essential amino acids are on par with FAO/WHO requirement pattern except sulphur containing amino acids, leucine and lysine. The two germplasm also show high levels of unsaturated fatty acids comparable with other conventional pulses. So, this pulse deserves large scale cultivation as a protein supplement.


Keywords

Amino Acid Profiles, Fatty Acid Composition, Germplasm, In Vitro Protein Digestibility, Mineral Composition, Proximate Composition, Tribal Pulse, Western Ghats.
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Authors

M. Pugalenthi
Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Coimbatore - 641 018, Tamil Nadu, India
M. G. Mohideen Abdul Khader
Department of Biotechnology, Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Aranvoyal Kuppam, Tiruvallur – 602 025, Tamil Nadu, India
G. Abhishek
Department of Biotechnology, Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Aranvoyal Kuppam, Tiruvallur – 602 025, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Janardhanan
Department of Biotechnology, Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Aranvoyal Kuppam, Tiruvallur – 602 025, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Two germplasm of the tribal pulse Mucuna monosperma DC. ex Wight viz. Yellur, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu (Western Ghats) and Vaitheki falls, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu (Western Ghats) were analysed for proximate composition, mineral composition, amino acid composition, In vitro protein digestibility and fatty acid profiles of lipids. Crude proteins, crude lipids, ash, total dietary fibre and NFE constituted 23.10 - 23.45%, 4.36- 4.39%, 3.21- 3.80%, 8.9 - 9.21% and 59.53-60.05%,respectively. The contents of essential amino acids are on par with FAO/WHO requirement pattern except sulphur containing amino acids, leucine and lysine. The two germplasm also show high levels of unsaturated fatty acids comparable with other conventional pulses. So, this pulse deserves large scale cultivation as a protein supplement.


Keywords


Amino Acid Profiles, Fatty Acid Composition, Germplasm, In Vitro Protein Digestibility, Mineral Composition, Proximate Composition, Tribal Pulse, Western Ghats.