Carbohydrates of winged beans, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC*

Abstract
Summary: Five varieties of winged beans were analyzed and found to contain 9.8 to 13.8% soluble sugars. Verbascose was present at a level of 0.2 to 0.9%; stachyose 2.2 to 3.6%; raffinose 1.1 to 2.0%; and sucrose 5.6 to 8.2%. Starch could not be detected in the mature beans of the five varieties analyzed.

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