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Preliminary assessment of the nutritional composition of underexploited wild le...
Carvalho, Ana Fontenele Urano; Farias, Davi Felipe; Rocha-Bezerra, Lady Clarissa Brito da; Sousa, Nathanna Mateus de; Cavalheiro, Mariana GiovenardiThe seeds of 14 wild legume species from Brazil were analyzed to assess their potential as food. The seeds showed high levels of crude protein (10.9–50.0%), dietary fiber (0.8–52.3%) and energy (905–1804 kJ 100 g 1 ), and the amino acid composition (mg g 1 N) was comparable to that of soybeans, but with higher amounts of lysine (456–10,884) and histidine (199–918). The seeds showed lectin activity (20– 2560 and...
Alpha-glucosidase promotes hemozoin formation in a blood-sucking bug: An evolut...
Mury, Flávia Borges; da Silva, José Roberto; Ferreira, Ligia Souza; dos Santos Ferreira, Beatriz; de Souza-Filho, Gonçalo ApolinárioSubmitted by Vitor Silverio Rodrigues (vitorsrodrigues@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2014-05-27T11:23:58Z No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-05-27T14:46:31Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 2-s2.0-70349130801.pdf: 516877 bytes, checksum: 10c8e8671dfdfeb33c2b1dc6063454bc (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-27T11:23:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-09-09; Background: Hematophagous insects d...