Studies on the functional components in pulses and their applications

在豆科植物种子中，一些用作蔬菜，另一些用作动物类蛋白质的补充来源，是动物和人类营养中重要的脂质和脂肪酸来源。研究了几种豆类中维生素E同系物含量与脂质组分、脂肪酸和其他三酰甘油分子种类分布之间的相互关系，并从这些研究项目中获得许多重要的有用信息。据作者所知，这是关于维生素E同系物、脂质成分、脂肪酸和三酰甘油分子种类分布模式的第一份报告。从这些工作中获得的数据将为消费者和生产者在日本和其他地方生产功能性食品或饮料提供有用的信息。

Among the legume seeds some are used as vegetables and others as supplementary sources of protein in animal group an important source of lipid and fatty acids in animal and human nutrition. The interrelationship between the content of vitamin E homologues and the distribution of lipid components, fatty acids and further triacylglycerol molecular species in several pulses has been investigated, and many significant useful informations have been obtained from these research projects.To the best of the authors' knowledge this is the first report of the distribution patterns of vitamin E homologues, lipid components, fatty acids and triacylglycerol molecular species. The data obtained from these works would be provided useful information to both consumers and producers for manufacturing functional foods or drinks in Japan and elsewhere.