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International Journal of Agronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 387407, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/387407
Research Article

Changes in Protein, Nonnutritional Factors, and Antioxidant Capacity during Germination of L. campestris Seeds

C. Jiménez Martínez,1 A. Cardador Martínez,2 A. L. Martinez Ayala,3 M. Muzquiz,4 M. Martin Pedrosa,4 and G. Dávila-Ortiz1

1Departamento de Graduados e Investigación en Alimentos, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prol de Carpio y Plan de Ayala, 11340 México, DF, Mexico
2Biotecnología Alimentaria, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Querétaro, Avenida Epigmenio González 500, Fraccionamiento San Pablo, 76130 Santiago de Querétaro, QRO, Mexico
3Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada, IPN, Carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla Km 1.5, 90700 Tepetitla de Lardizábal, TLAX, Mexico
4Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, INIA, Apdo 8111, 28080 Madrid, Spain

Received 11 May 2012; Accepted 23 November 2012

Academic Editor: Antonio M. De Ron

Copyright © 2012 C. Jiménez Martínez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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