Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2014

Studies on Phenolic and Polyphenolic Compounds in Winged Bean Mutants

Dr. Anil L. Bhalerao, Dr. Sharad Sanke

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Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L) DC.) is one of the unknown plant systems. It has large potential to fulfill the need of staple food that is rich in protein and oil for man and as a fodder for animals. Besides the trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors, there are other unfavourable compounds like tannins (proanthocynanidins), phenol and polyphenol which have been reported to be present in seeds of winged bean (de Lumen and Salamat, 1980; Tan et al., 1983; Kantha et al., 1986; Klu et al., 1997). Phenolic and polyphenolic compounds which interact with proteins, form precipitates, and therefore reduce food protein quality (Tan et al., 1983; Caera and Martin, 1986). To obtain the quality protein and oil from plants sources, mutagenesis has been considered an important tool which can alter the biochemical composition of plants. In present investigation efforts have been made to analyse the phenolic and polyphenolic contents of winged bean mutants. The low phenolic mutant lines have been established which are nutritionally improved.

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Dr. Anil L.Bhalerao, Dr. Sharad Sanke Studies on Phenolic and Polyphenolic Compounds in Winged Bean Mutants International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2014

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