TY  - CHAP
AU  - Alexandre Carneiro da Silva
AU  - Dyego da Costa Santos
AU  - Davair Lopes
Teixeira Junior
AU  - Pedro Bento da Silva
AU  - Rosana Cavalcante dos Santos
and Amauri Siviero
ED  - Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez
ED  - Alfonso Clemente
Y1  - 2018-11-05
PY  - 2018
T1  - Cowpea: A Strategic Legume Species for Food Security and Health
N2  - Legumes are a main source of nitrogen-rich edible seeds and constitute a major source of food for a significant part of the world's population. Particularly, they are the most relevant sources of plant proteins with nutraceutical and health benefit properties. This book was conceived to provide key research knowledge on health-promoting aspects of seed components, and their nutritional and nutraceutical values, for increasing awareness among the population of the research focus across the growing field of legume research, and the area of sustainable crop production.
BT  - Legume Seed Nutraceutical Research
SP  - Ch. 3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79006
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.79006
SN  - 978-1-78985-398-8
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-10
ER  -