Alternative food/feed perspectives of an underutilized legume Mucuna pruriens var. utilis—a review

M Pugalenthi, V Vadivel, P Siddhuraju - Plant foods for human nutrition, 2005 - Springer
Mucuna pruriens var. utilis, an underutilized tropical legume has a nutritional quality
comparable to soya beans and other conventional legumes as it contains similar proportions …

Alternative plant protein sources for pigs and chickens in the tropics–nutritional value and constraints: a review

SD Martens, TT Tiemann, J Bindelle, M Peters… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2012 - jarts.info
In the tropics, a large number of smallholder farms contribute significantly to food security by
raising pigs and poultry for domestic consumption and for sale on local markets. The high …

Haematology and serum biochemistry characteristics of broiler chicks fed varying dietary levels of Ipomoea asarifolia leaf meal.

FN Madubuike, BU Ekenyem - 2006 - cabidigitallibrary.org
A 49-day feeding trial involving 240 one week old Anak broiler chicks was carried out to
study the haematology and serum biochemistry of broilers fed varying dietary inclusion …

[PDF][PDF] Agrobotanical, nutritional and bioactive potential of unconventional legume–Mucuna

KR Sridhar, R Bhat - Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2007 - researchgate.net
Unconventional legumes are promising in terms of nutrition, providing food security,
agricultural development and in crop rotation in develo** countries. The wild legume …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of thermo-extrusion process parameters on selected quality attributes of meat analogue from mucuna bean seed flour

CI Omohimi, OP Sobukola, KO Sarafadeen… - Nigerian Food …, 2014 - Elsevier
Flour from mucuna beans (Mucuna pruriens) were used in producing texturized meat
analogue using a single screw extruder with the intention to monitor modifications on some …

[HTML][HTML] Performance and histological responses of internal organs of broiler chickens fed raw, dehulled, and aqueous and dry-heated kidney bean meals

IA Emiola, AD Ologhobo, RM Gous - Poultry Science, 2007 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of raw and differently
processed [aqueous heating, dehulled, and dry heating (toasted)] kidney bean meals on the …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of microwave treatment on the antinutritional factors of two accessions of velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Bak. ex Burck.

BK Kala, VR Mohan - International Food Research Journal, 2012 - ifrj.upm.edu.my
The present study was carried out to investigate the role of microwave treatment in
eliminating the antinutritional factors such as, total free phenolics, tannin, l-dopa, phytic acid …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of some medicinal plants as feed additives on lactating awassi ewe performance, milk composition, lamb growth and relevant blood items

SS El-Ghousein - Egyptian Journal of Animal Production, 2010 - journals.ekb.eg
Milk production and composition, lamb growth, blood hematological profile and relevant
blood metabolites were assayed in Awassi ewes and lambs as affected by supplementing …

Studies on the incorporation of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) as an alternative protein source in poultry feed and its effect on growth performance of broiler …

V Vadivel, M Pugalenthi - Tropical animal health and production, 2010 - Springer
The effect of replacement of soybean meal by the velvet bean meal as an alternative protein
ingredient on the growth performance of broiler chickens was investigated. The raw seeds of …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of Mucuna pruriens on some haematological and biochemical parameters

GKA Adepoju, OO Odubena - Journal of Medicinal Plants …, 2009 - academicjournals.org
Mucuna pruriens (MP) has been pharmacologically studied for various activities like
aphrodisiac, anti-diabetic, anti-microbial and anti-epileptics activities. The present study …