The Nutritive Value of Legume Seeds X. Effect of Autoclaving and the Trypsin Inhibitor Test for 17 Species

Abstract

The seeds of 11 species of legumes were fed, raw and autoclaved, to rats as the sole source of protein at a 12% protein level. The jack bean, lentil, velvet bean, horse bean, and black-eyed pea were improved by autoclaving, while the peanut, partridge pea, guar, lespedeza, mung bean, and common vetch were not improved. Of a total of 17 species of legume seeds investigated in this and other studies, as listed in table 2, 8 were reported to be improved by autoclaving while 9 were not. No correlation was observed between the effect of autoclaving on nutritive value and the presence or absence of the trypsin inhibitor in the raw legume seed.