Table 1.

Nuritional properties associated with Mucuna pruriens (Ravindran and Ravindran 1988)

Nutritional properties	Composition
Crude protein	24–31.44%
Crude carbohydrate	42.79–64.88%
Crude lipid	4.1–14.39%
Crude fiber	5.3–11.5%
Ash	2.9–5.5%
Potassium	0.806–2.790%
Sodium	4–70 mg/100 g
Calcium	104–900 mg/100 g
Phosphorus	98–498 mg/100 g
Magnesium	85–477 mg/100 g
Iron	1.3–15 mg/100 g
Copper	0.33–4.34 mg/100 g
Zinc	1–15 mg/100 g