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Storage substances of legumes are characterized by giving their chemical composition and biological properties. Except starch, protein and fat characteristics, special attention has been paid to storage non-nutrients of seeds such as: phytins and oligosaccharides while indicating their positive and negative effects. Species of popular seed crop have been taken into account (pea, bean, faba bean) as well as those worth spreading (lentil and everlasting pea) in Poland.