Dioclea grandiflora

Safety & Hazards

The seed contains anti-nutritional substances. These include a soluble substance of small molecular weight which caused food intake to be reduced to levels well below that required to meet minimum protein, energy, vitamin and mineral requirements, and led to poor growth. This factor could be reduced substantially by exhaustive dialysis or by aqueous ethanol extraction of the meal[ 1429 Title Dioclea grandiflora and Dioclea sclerocarpa seeds. A nutritional study Publication Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. March 1986, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp 47-61 Author Grant G.; McKenzie N.H.; Moreira R.A.; Pusztai A. Website https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091753 Publisher Year 1986 ISBN 1573-9104 Description ]. In addition, the constitutent lectin, which was partially resistant in vitro and in vivo to degradation by gastrointestinal enzymes, also contributed to growth depression[ 1429 Title Dioclea grandiflora and Dioclea sclerocarpa seeds. A nutritional study Publication Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. March 1986, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp 47-61 Author Grant G.; McKenzie N.H.; Moreira R.A.; Pusztai A. Website https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091753 Publisher Year 1986 ISBN 1573-9104 Description ].