Study is significantly less than the tanninAndualem and Gessesse SpringerPlus 2014, three:298 http://springerplus/content/3/1/Page 5 ofTable 3 Mineral composition of defatted brebra seed flourMineral Brebra seed Magnesium (Mg) Calcium (Ca) Sodium (Na) Zinc (Zn) Iron (Fe) Potassium (K) Manganese (Mn) Copper (Cu) Phosphorus (P) 112.38 ?0.1 61.55 ?0.01 93.26 ?0.1 two.0 ?0.two 27.81 ?0 281.00 ?0.1 25.five ?0.two 17.39 ?0.1 1062.1 ?0.3 *Conophor nut 57.37 ?2.53 42.06 ?two.01 6.84 ?0.02 1.55 ?0.08 1.56 ?0.05 465.95 mg/100 g **Cashew nut Kerrel 19.three ?0.1 21.five ?0.0 8.2 ?0.two 0.eight ?0.1 0.6 ?0.1 27.five ?0.4 14.0 ?0.2 ***Ripened beans 28.7 ?2.eight 140.0 ?7.eight 60.eight ?5.0 ten.7 ?0.7 1.2 ?0.1 1327.0 ?two.3 two.02 ?0.1 0.34 ?0.1 214 ?14.*Enujiugha, 2003, **Akinhanmi et al. 2008, ***Bhagya et al. 2006.content material of some dry bean seed varieties (930 mg/100 gm) (Deshpande et al. 1986). The tannin quantity in this study may not be as such harmful as anticipated for consumption. High level of tannins are well-known to kind complicated with proteins and decreased the solubility of proteins and make protein less susceptible to proteolytic attack than the exact same proteins alone (Carbonaro et al. 1996). Even so, comparatively some level of tannin, like this getting, might have a potential part as protective things against free radical mediated pathologies, for example cancer and atherosclerosis, in humans (Kehrer 1993). Based on Bawadi et al. (2005) report, water-soluble condensed tannins extracted from black beans inhibited the development of MCF-7, Caco-2 colon, and Hs578T breast too as DU 145 prostatic cancer cells. Other findings, associating polyphenols (which includes tannins) to free radicals scavenging and metal chelating activities, suggested their potentially advantageous implications within the treatment and prevention of cancer (Hangen and Bennin 2002). Cyanogenic glycoside contents of legume seeds have been investigated. In line with Liener (1977) report, total cyanide values for distinctive legumes for instance cowpea, lima bean, field pea, kidney bean, chicken pea and pigeon pea, were 2.1, 210?12, 2.three, 2.0, 0.eight and 0.50 mg/ one hundred gm, respectively. About 0.40 mg/100 gm of cyanogenic glycoside from Milletia obanensis was also reported by Umoren et al. (2005). In this study, the cyanide content material was identified to be below detectable level. When it comes to cyanide content, brebra seed flour is secure to make use of as food forTable 4 The antinutritional components of brebra seed flourComponent Tannin Cyanide Oxalate Phytic acidB.D.L = below detection limit.199105-03-8 Formula both humans and other animals.154065-33-5 site In summary, the antinutritional content material of brebra seed flour is not out of your variety worth of distinctive legumes seeds and also other crops reported by other literatures.PMID:24120168 Physicochemical characterization of oilMean ?S.D (mg/100 gm) 84.three ?0.89 B.D.L 20.97 ?0.36 291.62 ?0.The physicochemical properties of brebra are shown on Table five. Oil is clearer brown yellow in colour and significantly less viscous, 40.59 CTm at 40 than cold break seed oil of 57.five CTm at the very same temperature (Catarelli et al. 1993). It has density and distinct gravity of 0.942 and 0.926 at 20 , respectively. The certain gravity of this study is reduce than the specific gravity of cashew nut (0.964) (Aremu et al., 2006) and caster seed oil (0.958) (Akpan et al. 2007). The refractive index of this study (1.473) is in close agreement with 1.465 (Aremu et al. 2006), 1.462 (Akintayo and Bayer 2002) and 1.468 (Akpan et al. 2007) of castor, akee pulp and cashew nut seed oils, respectively. This implied that brebra oil is much less thi.