COMPARATIVE-STUDIES OF THE ALKALOIDAL COMPOSITION OF 2 MEXICAN ERYTHRINA SPECIES AND NUTRITIVE-VALUE OF THE DETOXIFIED SEEDS

Citation
A. Sotelo et al., COMPARATIVE-STUDIES OF THE ALKALOIDAL COMPOSITION OF 2 MEXICAN ERYTHRINA SPECIES AND NUTRITIVE-VALUE OF THE DETOXIFIED SEEDS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 41(12), 1993, pp. 2340-2343
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
41
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2340 - 2343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1993)41:12<2340:COTACO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The seeds of two species of Erythrina were studied in connection with their alkaloid content and nutritive value. The alkaloids present in t he seeds were the main toxic components that impede the use of the see ds as food since the whole seeds killed the experimental animals. Howe ver, the detoxified seed flour showed a good-quality protein; although the process did not destroy the trypsin inhibitors present in the see d, it did not affect the growth of the weanling rats.