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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagpur University Campus, Nagpur-440033, IN
2 Nutritional Research Lab, B.N Bandodkar College, Thane-400601, IN
3 Smt. C.H.M College, Ulhasnagar, Thane-421003, IN
4 Department of Herbal Products, Nicholas Piramal Research, Centre, Mumbai-400063, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 45, No 11 (2008), Pagination: 484-487
Abstract
Vigna capensis Walp commonly known as jungli mung (wild cowpea) an edible, monsoon perennial species occurs wild in the hills of Western ghats. It bears single tuber per plant at junction of stem and ischolar_main with 7 to 8 cm long and 2 to 2.5 cm broad tubers. Tribal people eat the tuberous ischolar_mains and seeds in the days of scarcity. The young shoots are eaten as a vegetable. The nutritional evaluation of leaves, pods, seeds and physiochemical properties of tuber starch remain uninvestigated and hence the present investigation was undertaken.
