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Eliminating anti-nutritional plant food proteins: the case of seed protease inhibitors in pea.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Clemente Alfonso, Arques Maria C, Dalmais Marion, Le Signor Christine, Chinoy Catherine, Olias Raquel, Rayner Tracey, Isaac Peter G, Lawson David M, Bendahmane Abdelhafid, Domoney Claire
Abstract excerpt
Several classes of seed proteins limit the utilisation of plant proteins in human and farm animal diets, while plant foods have much to offer to the sustainable intensification of food/feed production and to human health. Reduction or removal of these proteins could greatly enhance seed protein quality and various strategies have been used to try to achieve this with limited success. We investigated whether seed...
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