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Antinutritional factors in anasazi and other pinto beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

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Antinutritional factors of anasazi bean were compared to traditional pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Anasazi beans contained less (p<0.001) soluble and bound condensed tannins compared to pinto beans. No differences (p>0.05) in stachyose and raffinose content were found between the two bean types; verbascose was not detected at all. Significant (p<0.05) differences in lectin content were observed between anasazi and pinto bean. The lectins of anasazi beans were classified as non toxic and those of the pinto beans as toxic types. No differences (p>0.05) in inhibitor activity against human and bovine trypsin and chymotrypsin were found between the two bean types.

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  1. L. Telek

    Present address: USDA, ARS, South Atlantic Area, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA (

  2. H. S. Saini

    Present address: New South Wales Agriculture, Wollongbar Agricultural Institute, Wollongbar, Australia (

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  1. Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    J. K. P. Weder

  2. Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biocências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil

    M. Vozári-Hampe

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Weder, J.K.P., Telek, L., Vozári-Hampe, M. et al. Antinutritional factors in anasazi and other pinto beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Plant Foods Hum Nutr 51, 85–98 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007924931856

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  • Chymotrypsin inhibitors
  • Condensed tannins
  • α-Galactosides of sucrose
  • Lectins
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L.