The Effects of Processing on the Proximate and Phytochemical Compositions of Mucuna pruriens Seeds (Velvet Beans)

Nwaoguikpe, R. N.; Braide, W.; Ujowundu, C. O.

doi:10.3923/pjn.2011.947.951

Cited by 21 publications

(22 citation statements)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In this study, cooking and autoclaving had the only significant (P≤0.05) increase in starch content of the beans from 35.83% to 66.40%. This result is in agreement with [43] and also in agreement with [42]. The increase may be attributed to the breakdown of complex polysaccharides by action of heat which was otherwise bound in the raw sample.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Effect of Alkaline Treatment on Nutrient and Antinutrient Contents of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Falade

Ojokoh

2017

JAMB

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Effect of Alkaline Treatment on Nutrient and Antinutrient Contents of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Falade

Ojokoh

2017

JAMB

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Pretreat ments such as soaking, soaking and boiling, effected significant reduction of the antinutrients concentrations and toxicants present in Mucuna pruriens (Velvet Beans) seeds (Nwaoguikpe, Braide & Ujowundu, 2011).…”

Section: Saponinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Untitled

Bashir¹,

Suleiman²

2018

Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The effect of fermented Tamarindus indica seed nut on the composition, growth, nutrient utilisation and carcass composition of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings fed graded levels of fermented T. indica seed meal was investigated for 84 days. Fermentation significantly increased the crude protein and lipid content of the seeds by 10.17 and 46.62%, respectively while alkaloid, saponin and phytate content of the seeds were reduced by 59.46, 21.74 and 60.30%, respectively. Five diets were formulated to include 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% inclusion of fermented T. indica seed meal. The results for growth and feed utilisation revealed that the best experimental diet was the 75% inclusion level, as it gave the best mean weight gain (8.58g), standard length gain (2.54cm), total length gain (3.12cm), specific growth rate (0.85%days), percentage weight gain (1.01) and nitrogen metabolism (194.60) compared with the other diets. Carcass composition showed that all fish fed experimental diet had an increase in carcass crude protein and ranged between 49.99-54.02% compared to the initial of 43.91%. Thus the use of T. indica seed at 75% replacement level of soya beans seed is recommended in the diet of O. niloticus fingerlings.

show abstract

“…However, there are anti-nutritional factors (AF) in their composition, such as tannins, phytic acid, enzyme inhibitors, trypsin, saponins, lectins, hemagglutinin activity [1,7,15] and a high content of L-dopa, which makes it extremely toxic and unfit for human consumption. Common methods to eliminate anti-nutritional factors include cooking, roasting, drying, fermentation, alkaline solubilization, isoelectric precipitation [16] or ionizing radiation [17].…”

Section: Characterizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For many years, Ayuverdic medicine uses Mucuna pruriens (MP) in the treatment of Parkinson disease, because of rich composition in levodopa, similar to a largely drug used in the treatment of Parkinson [1]. Other studies have found further properties of MP using all parts of the plant (leaf, stem or pod), but the majority of the researches use its bean.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Androgenic and Anabolic Possibilities of Mucuna Pruriens

Tavares¹,

Gonçalves²,

Aquino³

et al. 2017

JFNR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mucuna pruriens is an Indian legume composed by high amounts of proteins and carbohydrates and small concentration of lipids. It has been used ethnopharmacologically as hipoglicemic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, hypolipidemic and mainly to Parkinson Disease treatment. Since Mucuna pruriens improves spermatogenesis, testis weight and increased the production of testosterone in rats, it has been assumed that mucuna has anabolic potential for muscle hypertrophy, so it has been commercially exploited as an ergogenic aid. This mini-review shows, in addition to promoting increased testosterone, increase in epididymal protein, thus confirming that its extracts may have influence on androgenic aspect. Despite this, it is necessary to confirm these findings in humans, since the studies analyzed were made only in animal model.

show abstract

The Effects of Processing on the Proximate and Phytochemical Compositions of Mucuna pruriens Seeds (Velvet Beans)

Cited by 21 publications

References 5 publications

Effect of Alkaline Treatment on Nutrient and Antinutrient Contents of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Effect of Alkaline Treatment on Nutrient and Antinutrient Contents of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Untitled

Androgenic and Anabolic Possibilities of Mucuna Pruriens

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About