“…related health disorders and was proved to be the best choice for human consumption with high amylose content compared to amylopectin (FAO, 1998;Sajilata et al, 2006). Nutritional potential of tepary bean (Gonzalez de mejia et al, 1998) was revealed with high amount of protein (24.5%), minerals (Bhardwaj & Hamama, 2004), resistant starch (Abbas & Berry, 1986;Abbas et al, 1987), high levels of antioxidant enzymes (Turkan et al, 2004), and anti-cancerous properties (Valadez-vega et al, 2011).…”