VELVET BEAN [Unbound] [Jan 01, 2012]

Velvet Bean : Mucuna Pruriens (L.) DC

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Taxonomy and botanical description. 3. Uses and phytochemical constituents. 4. Ecology and agronomy. 5. Anti nutritional factors. 6. Genetic resources and improvement. 7. Various recepies of velvet bean. 8. Global efforts to tap the vast potential of velvet bean. 9. References. Velvet bean is an underutilized tropical legume and possesses immense nutritional quality. It contains similar proportions of protein, lipid, minerals and other nutrients comparable to soybeans and other conventional legumes. The beans have been traditionally used as a food in a number of countries, viz., India, Philippines, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil and Malawi. Recently the velvet beans are exploited as a protein source in the diets of fish, poultry, pig and cattle after processing. Although the velvet beans contain high levels of protein and carbohydrate, their utilization is limited due to the pressure of a number of antinutritional factors like phenolics, tannins, L-Dopa, lectins, protease inhibitors etc. Mucuna Pruriens L. is one of the popular and important medicinal plants of India. Presently, it is a constituent of more than 200 indigenous drug formulations. All parts of Mucuna pruriens posses valuable medicinal properties and there is a heavy demand of its various preparations in Indian and International drug markets. It is widely used in Ayurveda, and other systems of medicines in different parts of the world. In this publication, a comprehensive account of its phytochemical constituents, traditional uses, pharmacological activities, agronomic practices, genetic resources and improvement work have been included in view of the many recent findings of importants on this plant. Unfortunately even though many researchers all over the world working on Mucuna, only scanty and conflicting information are available regarding its utilization as a food/feed and medical applications. Hence, this text has been compiled covering the various aspects viz., botanical classification, nutritional potential vis-a-vis antinutritional factors, agronomic details, genetic resources and modern biotechnical approaches given in the text will be of immense use to the students, researchers, planners and to all those are involved in tapping the vast potential of this unique crop in sustainable agriculture and in field of Ayurvedic and herbal medicines. (jacket). Artikel-Nr. 109657

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