Unlike most other land plants, legumes can fulfill their nitrogen needs through the establishment of symbioses with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria (rhizobia). Through this symbiosis, fixed nitrogen is incorporated into the ...

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of proteins from cereals and legumes on heme iron (Fe) absorption. The absorption of heme Fe without its native globin was measured. Thirty adult females participated in two ...

The effect of thermal (TT, 70 and 90 °C) and high hydrostatic pressure (HHPTs, 200, 400 and 600MPa) treatments on physicochemical and functional properties of cowpea protein isolates (CPIs) extracted at pH 8.0 (A8) and pH ...

In several regions of the world, legumes play an important role in human and animal nutrition as they are a cheap source of protein and other nutrients. In recent years have been shown that the consumption of proteins, ...

Flour blends based on whole corn and rice with two added wild legumes at 15% level of cereal replacement were extruded to produce whole grain snacks. Extrusion temperature was 175 °C, and the moisture content was adjusted ...