Chemical Composition, Nutritive Value, and Toxicological Evaluation of Bauhinia cheilantha Seeds: A Legume from Semiarid Regions Widely Used in Folk Medicine

Table 1

Composition (g/Kg) of casein, soybean, NPC, and experimental diets.

Ingredients	Diets*
	NPC	Casein	Soybean	Raw Bc	Soaked Bc	Heated Bc	BcPCd
Maize starch	500	377.4	295.1	312.3	312.3	302.3	326.3
Glucose	150	150	150	150	150	150	150
Maize oil	150	150	132	127	127	127	150
Cellulose	100	100	100	—	—	—	100
Vitamin mix**	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Mineral mix**	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Casein	—	119.6	—	—	—	—	—
Soybean	—	—	242	—	—	—	—
B. cheilantha
Raw	—	—	—	307	—	—	—
Soaked^∧	—	—	—	—	307	—	—
Treated^†	—	—	—	—	—	317	—
Protein concentrate	—	—	—	—	—	—	170
L-methionine	—	3.0	2.3	3.2	3.4	3.2	3.7
Density (KJ/g)	16.51	16.51	16.50	16.10	16.10	16.10	16.51

∗Raw Bc: raw B. cheilantha diet; soaked Bc: B. cheilantha soaked diet; heated Bc: B. cheilantha heat treated diet; BcPCd: B. cheilantha protein concentrate diet; NPC: nonprotein control.
**Vitamin mix (g/Kg): vitamin B₁₂ (100%), 0.02; folic acid, 0.04; biotin (1%), 4.0; pyridoxine HCl, 0.04; thiamine HCl, 0.06; riboflavin (99%), 0.21; Ca-pantothenato (45%), 1.2; nicotinic acid, 4.0; inositol, 4.0; p-amino-benzoic acid, 12.0; choline chloride (50%), 24.0; maize starch, 950.43. Mineral mix (g/Kg): calcium citrate, 296.1; calcium carbonate (40%), 65.8; copper carbonate, 1.1; magnesium carbonate, 34.3; zinc carbonate, 0.48; ferric citrate, 9.1; magnesium chloride. 6H₂O, 5.82; sodium chloride, 74.0; potassium chloride, 119.5; monobasic calcium phosphate, 108.2; dibasic potassium phosphate, 210.1; sodium fluoride, 0.48; potassium iodate 0.1; magnesium sulfate, 75.4.
^∧Seeds were soaked for 1 h in distilled water (1 : 4, w/v) prior to grinding.
^†Seeds were boiled at 92°C for 60 min.