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. 2022 Feb 10;13:772054. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.772054

Table 1.

Summary of main legume species and concentrations of the non-nutrient’s lectins, oxalates, total phenolics, phytates, saponins, and tannins (in yield range), and of trypsin and alpha-amylase inhibitors (in activity units).

Non-nutrient Legume species Yield range (mg/100 g seeds) References
Lectins Cicer arietinum L. 95 Gautam et al., 2018
Glycine max 360 Barca et al., 1991
Lens culinaris 48 El-Araby et al., 2020
Phaseolus vulgaris 13–1,100
174
Lam and Ng, 2010
Shang et al., 2016
Pisum sativum 148–160 El-Araby et al., 2020
Vicia faba 50 El-Araby et al., 2020
Oxalates Arachis hypogaea 41 Guo et al., 2021
Cicer arietinum 192–199 Shi et al., 2018
Glycine max 370
Lens culinaris 168–289
Phaseolus vulgaris 99–117
Pisum sativum 244–280
Macrotyloma uniflorum 88–123 Vashishth et al., 2021
Vicia faba 241–291 Shi et al., 2018
Total phenolics Canavalia spp. 640–1,818 Sridhar and Sahadevan, 2006
Glycine max 1.77–2.48 Król-Grzymała and Amarowicz, 2020
Lens culinaris 12 Piecyk et al., 2012
Lupinus angustifolius 94.66 Karnpanit et al., 2016
Mucuna pruriens 0.565 Siddhuraju and Becker, 2005
Phaseolus vulgaris 35.5–45.6
105.8
Barreto et al., 2021
Piecyk et al., 2012
Pisum sativum 11.6 Piecyk et al., 2012
Vicia faba
Vigna unguiculata 1,210 Kalpanadevi and Mohan, 2013
Phytates Cicer arietinum L. 1,133–1,400 Shi et al., 2018
Glycine max 2,291
Lens culinaris 856–1710
Lupinus angustifolius 0.80 Karnpanit et al., 2016
Macrotyloma uniflorum 42–45 Vashishth et al., 2021
Mucuna pruriens 950 Siddhuraju and Becker, 2005
Phaseolus vulgaris 310
1,580
1,564–1,882
1,760–2,080
Shang et al., 2016
Carbas et al., 2020
Shi et al., 2018
Barreto et al., 2021
Pisum sativum 855–993 Shi et al., 2018
Vicia faba 1,965
112–1,281
Shi et al., 2018
Mayer Labba et al., 2021
Vigna unguiculata 360–510 Avanza et al., 2013
Saponins Cajanus cajan 2,164 Duhan et al., 2001
Canavalia spp. 571–1,005 Sridhar and Sahadevan, 2006
Medicago sativa 800–1,650 Hadidi et al., 2020
Mucuna pruriens 1,210 Siddhuraju and Becker, 2005
Phaseolus vulgaris 940–1,180
373
Emire and Rakshit, 2007
Shang et al., 2016
Vigna radiata 2,848 Kataria et al., 1988
Vigna umbellata 2,175–2,450 Kaur and Kapoor, 1992
Tannins Canavalia spp. 230–900 Sridhar and Sahadevan, 2006
Lupinus angustifolius 46.41 Karnpanit et al., 2016
Macrotyloma uniflorum 90–92 Vashishth et al., 2021
Mucuna pruriens 300 Siddhuraju and Becker, 2005
Phaseolus vulgaris 170–1,770 Carbas et al., 2020
Vicia faba 1,370 Sharma and Sehgal, 1992
Vigna unguiculata 380
110–820
Kalpanadevi and Mohan, 2013
Avanza et al., 2013
Activity units (U/mg)
Trypsin inhibitors Arachis hypogea 5.60 Embaby, 2010
Cajanus cajan 4.75 Sangronis and Machado, 2007
Cicer arietinum 12.60–14.51
14.22–16.24
Muzquiz et al., 2012
Shi et al., 2017
Lens culinaris 3–8
7.40
4.98–6.29
Guillamón et al., 2008
Świeca and Baraniak, 2014
Shi et al., 2017
Phaseolus vulgaris 17–51
15.18–20.83
Guillamón et al., 2008
Shi et al., 2017
Pisum sativum 5.75–12.55
3.16–4.92
Muzquiz et al., 2012
Shi et al., 2017
Vicia faba 5–10
5.96–6.10
4.47
Guillamón et al., 2008
Shi et al., 2017
Alonso et al., 2000
Vigna unguiculata 7.52 Rivas-Vega et al., 2006
Alfa-amylase inhibitors Cajanus cajan 0.07 Choi et al., 2019
Cicer arietinum 0.09
0.02–0.08
Choi et al., 2019
Mulimani et al., 1994
Phaseolus vulgaris 0.786–1.37
0.25
Shi et al., 2017
Alonso et al., 2000
Vicia faba 0.02 Alonso et al., 2000
Vigna angularis 0.12 Choi et al., 2019
Vigna radiata 0.14
Vigna unguiculata 0.18