Most of the research on dry beans has been related to varietal selection. The criteria for selection have
always been resistance to diseases or yields but nutritional quality [4]. A study of the composition and
nutritive quality of dry beans would therefore be of great interest, because the knowledge provided
would help to orient the work of investigators involved in varietal selection and also reduce or
eliminate antinutritional factors to make edible and non edible legume seeds more acceptable as an
inexpensive source of protein. The data on nutritional /antinutritional content of grain legumes in one
region may help to select the specific variety or type of legume to grow on large scale. These kinds of
studies would also help to increase the availability of food by processing underutilized varieties into
edible forms through research and development [5]. The aim of the present study was to determine the
variation in some of the nutrient and antinutrients, which are interesting from the nutritional point of
view for varieties of Vigna mungo grown in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu