Review On Probiotics Potentials, Nutritional Composition Of Bambara Nut (Vigna Subterranea (L.) -An Underutilized LegumE
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Bambara nut is one of the underutilized legumes. Conversely this underutilized
legume could be utilized to solve the ravaging food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa
owing to its balanced nutritive composition. Bambara nut limited use, is because of the antnutritional
factors, hard to cook phenomenon and difficulty in dehulling. Because of high
global demand on food security, there is an urgent need to review possible methods that could
reduce the limiting factors to the widespread use of this crop and enunciate other benefits
derivable from this legume. In this review, we appraised the nutritional composition of
Bambara nut from different geographic locations, commonly associated bacteria species that
predominate mostly during Bambara fermentation and their potential uses as probiotics.
Expedient areas for further research were highlighted in this paper.
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QH Natural history, QH301 Biology