Food Structure Volume 12 Number 2 Article 3 1993 Microstructure of Black, Green and Red Gram Enamuthu Joseph Shelly G. Crites Barry G. Swanson Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/foodmicrostructure Part of the Food Science Commons Recommended Citation Joseph, Enamuthu; Crites, Shelly G.; and Swanson, Barry G. (1993) "Microstructure of Black, Green and Red Gram," Food Structure: Vol. 12 : No. 2 , Article 3. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/foodmicrostructure/vol12/iss2/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Dairy Center at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Food Structure by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FOOD STRUCTURE, Vol. 12 (1993), pp. 155-162 1046-705X/93$5. 00 + .00 Scanning Microscopy International, Chicago (AMP O'Hare), IL 60666 USA MICROSTRUCTURE OF BLACK, GREEN AND RED GRAM Enamuthu Joseph 1, Shelly G. Crites2 and Barry G. Swanson2 1Department of Family and Consumer Sciences University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849 2Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6376 Abstract Introduction The three most commonly consumed legumes Seeds of food legumes play an important role in (grams or pulses) in India, black gram (Vigna mungo the diets of people around the world. India is a major (L.) Hepper), or urd, green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) developing country involved in producing and consuming Wilczek) or mung, and red gram (Cajanus cajan (L.) legumes (Uebersax eta/., 1991). The protein content of Millsp.) or tur, were examined by scanning electron mi the dry weight of legumes ranges from 20 to 40 percent croscopy.