Article
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines devoid of major lectin proteins
2009-04-01
Abstract excerpt
In common bean, the most abundant proteins of the lectin family (arcelin, phytohaemagglutinin and α-amylase inhibitor -APA proteins) are major antinutritional factors of the seeds. Reduced protein digestibility and high toxicity at the intestinal level are the causes of their antinutritional effect. Bean lines producing seeds without the lectins mentioned above were developed to improve nutritional characteristics...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3fac4609-5810-54c2-9f1a-dd4ba4c4c33f
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2008.01569.x
