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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Major antinutrients found in plant protein sources: Their effect on nutrition
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, Volume 9, No. 8, Year 2010
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Compounds or substances which act to reduce nutrient intake, digestion, absorption and utilization and may produce other adverse effects are referred to as antinutrients or antinutritional factors. Seeds of legumes and other plant sources contain in their raw state wide varieties of antinutrients which are potentially toxic. The major antinutrients includes: toxic amino acids, saponins, cyanogenic glycosides, tannins, phytic acid, gossypol, oxalates, goitrogens, lectins (phytohaemagglutinins), protease inhibitors, chlorogenic acid and amylase inhibitors. These antinutrients pose a major constraint in the use of plant protein sources in livestock feeds without adequate and effective processing. The level or concentration of these anitnutrients in plant protein sources vary with the species of plant, cultivar and post-harvest treatments (processing methods). This paper reviews the nutritional effect of major antinutrients present in plant protein sources. © Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Akande, K. E.
Nigeria, Bauchi
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Doma, U. D.
Nigeria, Bauchi
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Agu, Helen Obioma
Nigeria, Bauchi
Federal Polytechnic
Adamu, Harami M.
Nigeria, Bauchi
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Statistics
Citations: 219
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3923/pjn.2010.827.832
ISSN:
16805194
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security