Table 3: The resistant starch component of pigeonpea as compared to that of chickpea and corn.

Crop/variable Pigeonpea Chickpea* Corn starch* RS 17.24 4.35 12.75 HS 6.02 42.07 21.04 TS 23.3 46.42 33.79 %RS 70.4 9.38 37.74

*The values of RS were taken from Xu et al. 2012 [14].