Table 1.
Nutritional comparison among food legumes.
| Crops | Cowpea | Chickpea | Lentil | Mung bean | Kidney bean | Pigeon pea | Soybean | Moth-bean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein (%) | 24 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 37 | 23 |
| Dietary fiber (%) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 9 | – |
| Carbohydrate (%) | 60 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 63 | 30 | 62 |
| Lipids (%) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| K (μg g−1) | 13,750 | 7,180 | 6,770 | 12,460 | 14,060 | 13,920 | 17,970 | 11,910 |
| Zn (μg g−1) | 61 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 51 | 28 | 50 | 19 |
| Ca (μg g−1) | 850 | 570 | 350 | 1,320 | 1,430 | 1,300 | 2,770 | 1,500 |
| Na (μg g−1) | 80 | 240 | 60 | 150 | 240 | 170 | 20 | 300 |
| Fe (μg g−1) | 100 | 43 | 65 | 67 | 82 | 52 | 157 | 109 |
| P (μg g−1) | 4,380 | 2,520 | 2,810 | 3,670 | 4,070 | 3,670 | 7,040 | 4,890 |
| Mg (μg g−1) | 3,330 | 790 | 470 | 1,890 | 1,400 | 1,830 | 2,800 | 3,810 |
| Vitamin A (IU) | 33 | 67 | 39 | 114 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 32 |
| Vitamin C (μg g−1) | 15 | 40 | 45 | 48 | 45 | 0 | 60 | 40 |
| vitamin B6 (μg g−1) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Vitamin E (μg g−1) | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Thiamin (μg g−1) | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 |