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This study demonstrates variability in amino acid composition among accessions of several Philippine indigenous legumes. Moreover, two accessions ofD. lablab were identified to have high level of methionine (>2%). Methionine was identified as the first limiting amino acid with leucine, and threonine as the second limiting amino acids for most legumes studies.
The IVPDs of the legumes under study ranged from >70 to 79%. Raw mature seeds had relatively low RNVs of 11 to 68% which increased to 68 to 94% and 51 to 89% after boiling and roasting, respectively.
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Laurena, A.C., Rodriguez, F.M., Sabino, N.G. et al. Amino acid composition, relative nutritive value and in vitro protein digestibility of several Philippine indigenous legumes. Plant Food Hum Nutr 41, 59–68 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02196383
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