Nutritional Quality of Cereal and Legume Storage Proteins

摘要

Storage proteins of cereals and legumes are the repository of nitrogen and amino acids which sustain the plant as it passes its genetic material from generation to generation. These proteins have directly provided most of the essential amino acids and amino nitrogen in our diets from before the dawn of agriculture until the present. Of particular importance, the seeds and their proteins may be stored for extended periods as well as produced over a wide range of climatic conditions.