4. Discussion
4.1 chemical composition of seed meal
The observed decrease in protein, fiber and fat content of alkaline treated seeds may be attributed to the solubilization and leaching of soluble nutrients during boiling in the alkaline solution (Myhrman,2002; Ani, 2998a). On the other hand, our results confirmed those obtained by Ani and Ugwuowo (2011) and mugendi et al. (2010) that the treatments of cooking or autoclaving M. Pruriens seeds did not affect the seeds' chemical composition.
Results of chemical analysis of raw MSM were nearly similar to findings of Dahouda et al. (2009) being 247 and 48g/kg DM for CP and EE, respectively. While these values were lower than findings of Sandoval Castro et al. (2003) who reported that CP and ADF of M. Pruriens beans were 278 and 415g/kg DM,respectively.