leaves have low nutritional value, what may be related to their
own intrinsic resistance against enzymatic hydrolysis and/or the
presence of thermoresistant compounds, such as tannins
The heat treatment increased
the digestibility of raw flour by 69.2% and by 57.5% regarding the
standard protein. This increase in the susceptibility to proteolysis,
after heat treatment, has been attributed to structural changes that
lead to disruption of the tertiary and quaternary structures of proteins,
favoring the enzymatic action.