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Effect Of Combined Germination, Dehulling And Boiling On Mineral, Sucrose, Stachyose, Fibrulose, And Phytic Acid Content Of Different Chickpea Cultivars
Chickpea is a good source of high quality protein, carbohydrates,
vitamins (thiamine and niacin), and minerals. However, its use in
industry has been limited by variation in composition with cultivar and
also the presence of oligosaccharides, trypsin inhibitors, phytic
acids, tannin, and haemagglutinin. Different technologies have been
studied to eliminate or minimise the undesirable factors in chickpeas.
None of the studied traditional technologies has been found to
effectively eliminate or minimise all the undesirable factors in
chickpeas. It is not clear whether a combination of these traditional
technologies, more especially cooking of germinated and dehulled
chickpeas, will significantly reduce all the antinutritional factors.
The physical characteristics, stachyose, sucrose, phytic acid,
fibrulose, and mineral content of different chickpeas cultivar were
determined and compared with reference to infant and child nutrition.
The selected cultivars were (1) dehulled and boiled before drying; (2)
dehulled followed by soaking and boiling before drying; (3) boiled
without dehulling before drying; and germinated, boiled followed by
drying and dehulling . The effects of the processing on mineral, sugar,
dietary fibre content were evaluated. Desiwere found to have lower seed
weight, hydration capacity and swelling capacity compared to kabuli.
Seed density, hydration index and swelling index did not vary with
cultivar. The mineral density, stachyose, fibrulose, and hull content
increased significantly (p<0.05) with the decrease of seed weight
whereas phytic acid content did not vary. All processes resulted in an
increase in calcium, phosphorous, zinc, and phytic acid and a decrease
in potassium, iron, magnesium, sucrose, stachyose and fibrulose content
regardless of cultivar type. Germination for 72 hrs followed by
boiling, drying and dehulling resulted in highest reduction in
antinutritional factors with minimal nutrient loss.It is feasible to
use chickpeas as an excellent source of infant follow-on
formula/weaning food with minimal mineral fortification and use of low
phytic acid cultivars