期刊
FOOD CHEMISTRY
卷 127, 期 4, 页码 1555-1561出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.02.017
关键词
Marama bean; Morama bean; Tylosema esculentum; Proximate composition; Histochemistry; CLSM; Seed microstructure
资金
- The Government of Botswana, Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology
Marama bean (Tylosema esculentum) is a wild-growing legume adapted to semi-arid conditions in southern Africa. Both immature and mature seeds are used as food by locals and marama bean has potential as a crop plant. Physicochemical and histochemical methods were used to study the accumulation of nutrients and their localisation in immature and mature seeds. The immature seeds had a high content of moisture (67%) and protein (21%), and a low content of lipid (1.5%). At maturity, proteins formed spherical bodies that were embedded in a droplet lipid matrix. The mature seeds are exceptional as they have a high content of protein (32%) and lipid (40%) and no starch. Staining of polysaccharides indicated increases of pectin and cellulose during maturation, parallel with the general increase of cell wall thickness; however, lignin was absent. The content and distribution of protein, lipid and carbohydrates in immature and mature marama beans make this underutilised nutritive legume a prospective crop plant and interesting for food processing applications. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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