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Winged bean haulm, a potential raw material for single-cell protein production in the tropics

  • E. Zomer*
  • , D. Klein
  • , M. Rozhanski
  • , Z. Er-El
  • , L. M. Joson
  • , I. Goldberg
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Semi-solid fermentation of winged bean haulm, using various fungi, yielded a product containing 20% true protein, 30% increase over the native material. The fermentation also increased the sulfur amino acid content (1.5 to 6 fold) and reduced crude fiber by as much as 43% to 59%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)513-518
Number of pages6
JournalBiotechnology Letters
Volume3
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1981

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