A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE NUTRITIONAL INGREDIENTS OF SOPPHORA MOORCROFTIANA IN TIBET
西藏砂生槐种子营养成份的初步研究

Sophora moorcroftiana is a kind of perennial lesume bush, which widely distributes in the Yaluzangbu Valley of southern Tibet. With the stron ecological adoptation of drought-resistance, barrentolerance, wind-resistance and sand-fixation, it plays a very important role in environment protection of the region. But it is destroyed heavily at present as the whole plant is dug for fuels. In order to find a way to explore and utilize its higher economic value, the nutrients of its seed is analysed and the results are as follows:(1)It is in rich protein (30%) and fat (8%).(2)The content of the 17 kinds of amino acids reaches more than 23%.(3)The essential amino acid content in sophora moorcroftiana's seeds is higher than that in pea (pisum sativum).(4)The calorfic value reaches 4 800 kcal/kg.