Review Article
The Dietary Use of Pigeon Pea for Human and Animal Diets
Table 1
Nutritional profile of immature and mature pigeon pea seed [
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| Nutrients | Immature seeds (g/100 g) | Mature seeds (g/100 g) |
| Carbohydrates | 23.88 | 62.78 | Fat | 1.64 | 1.49 | Protein | 7.20 | 21.70 | Vitamins (mg/100 g) | | | Thiamine (B1) | 0.40 | 0.64 | Riboflavin (B2) | 0.17 | 0.19 | Niacin (B3) | 2.20 | 2.96 | Vitamin B6 | 0.68 | 0.28 | Vitamin C | 39.00 | — | Vitamin E | 0.39 | — | Minerals (mg/100 g) | Calcium | 42.00 | 130.00 | Iron | 1.60 | 5.23 | Magnesium | 68.00 | 183.00 | Manganese | 0.57 | 1.79 | Phosphorous | 127.00 | 367.00 | Potassium | 552.00 | 1392.00 | Sodium | 5.00 | 17.00 | Zinc | 1.04 | 2.76 | Amino acids (essential) (mg/g of protein) | Tryptophan | — | 9.76 | Threonine | — | 32.34 | Isoleucine | — | 36.17 | Leucine | — | 71.30 | Lysine | — | 70.09 | Methionine + cystine | — | 22.70 | Valine | — | 43.10 | Histidine | — | 35.66 |
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