Nutritional, phytochemical, and safety profiling of Senegalia seeds, promising wild legumes in the arid and semi-arid tropics Ghent University
This study presents the chemical composition of seven representative Senegalia (new Acacia s.l. segregate genus) seed species and discusses their food potential and safety. As shown, most of the analyzed seed species demonstrate unique chemical compositions, i.e., very low starch (<0.63 g/100 g dm (i.e., detection limit)) and glucose (1-2 g/100 g dm), high neutral detergent fibers (16-20 g/100 g dm), moderate protein (sum of amino acids) ...