Carbohydrate make-up of chick pea, cow pea and horse gram.

Extraction with 70% ethanol of chick pea, cow pea and horse gram
yielded 7.1,g.l and 3.6%, respectively of free sugars, all showing the
presence of galactose, glucose, sucrose, raffinose, stachyose and
verbascose in varying proportions. Starch was isolated in 28 -37%
yields; whereas the unavailable carbohydrates were found to be 17.6,
14.5 and 24.2% respectively. All the fractions contained uronic acid,
pentoses and hexoses in different proportions. No ethanol-soluble
sugar or starch was detectable in the husk. The husk was rich in
cellulose which still contained small amounts ofpentoseconstituents,
indicating probably its incomplete extraction or a strong macromolecular
association.