Solid-state fermentation of Lathyrus sat
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Yu-Haey Kuo; Hwei-Ming Bau; Bernard Quemener; Jehangir K Khan; Fernand Lambein
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The presence of a neurotoxic amino acid, 3‐__N__‐oxalyl‐L‐2,3‐diaminopropanoic acid (β‐ODAP), in the seeds of grass pea (__Lathyrus sativus__) is the cause of an irreversible spastic paraparesis, neurolathyrism, after over‐consumption. This is a negative factor in an otherwise very tast