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

Table 2

Proximate composition of B. cheilantha seed meal expressed as a percentage of dry matter.

Component	B. cheilantha seed (%)
	Raw	Soaked	Heated	Protein concentrate
Ash	3.9 ± 0.1^a	4.0 ± 0.1^a	3.9 ± 0.1^a	ND*
Crude fat	8.7 ± 0.1^a	8.6 ± 0.2^a	8.6 ± 0.1^a	ND
Protein**	35.9 ± 0.9^b	36.0 ± 0.7^b	31.5 ± 0.2^b	58.9 ± 1.7^a
Total dietary fiber	45.3 ± 0.4^a	44.4 ± 0.3^a	43.2 ± 0.4^a	ND
Carbohydrate^∧	6.2 ± 0.1^b	7.0 ± 0.2^b	12.8 ± 0.1^a	—^†
Energy (KJ/100 g)^#	1080.1	1049.2	1071.3	1001.3

All values are means ± standard deviation of triplicates (three analyses of the same sample).
*ND: not detected.
**N × 6.25.
^∧Determined by calculating the percentile difference from all the other constituents.
^†Carbohydrate values could not be calculated since the other constituents were not detected.
^#The energy content was estimated by multiplying the percentages of crude protein, crude fat, and carbohydrates by their respective Atwater modified factors.