Physiochemical and nutritional attributes of raw and soaked seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes

Abstract

The present investigation aims to analyze nutrient profile, antinutritional traits and physiochemical characteristics in raw (dry seeds) and water soaked seeds of eighteen chickpea genotypes comprising 16 cold stress tolerant and 2 susceptible. Raw seeds of tolerant genotypes were found to have higher total sugars and protein content and lower amount of trypsin inhibitors. Higher content of raffinose family oligosaccharides in tolerant genotypes is an additional characteristic for their tolerant behaviour and it does not interfere with the digestion as with soaking these oligosaccharides are reduced by 87%. The enhanced mineral content with soaking in tolerant chickpea genotypes might be attributed to the better physiochemical characteristics in terms of higher hydration capacity and swelling index which leads to greater permeable and softer cotyledons that might help in leaching out of mineral ligands. The higher nutritional value along with better physiochemical characteristics observed in tolerant genotypes render them useful at consumer level as well as from breeding point of view.

Chemical profiling, in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of pomegranate, orange and banana peel-extracts against pathogenic microorganisms

“…The superior antioxidant capacity found, in this study, for ethanol and methanolic extract of pomegranate may be regarded to the presence of total tannins and purified constituents as reported earlier by [53,54]. Our results are in line with those of [55] who examined the antioxidant activity of nine different pomegranate peels and pulp.…”

“…Both orange peel extracts showing higher antioxidant levels than those of banana peel extracts in this study match which with the findings of [53]. The antioxidant activity of orange peels may be regarded to glycosylated flavonoids such as hespridin and naringin [58].…”

“…The antioxidant activity of orange peels may be regarded to glycosylated flavonoids such as hespridin and naringin [58]. The antioxidant activity of orange peel extracts was reported by [53] and regarded to the presence of various compounds, e.g., gallocatechin [59] and dopamine [60]. Wolfe et al [61] attributed the differences in the antioxidant activities among the fruits to their differences in phenolic contents and compositions and to other non-phenolic antioxidants present in the samples.…”

Evaluation of nutritional quality and antioxidant potential of pigeonpea genotypes

“…Twenty one genotypes had higher content of bound fructose (11.95-14.39 mg/g) and twenty seven genotypes had medium level of bound fructose (9.53-11.95 mg/g). Bound fructose in chickpea genotypes had been reported from 7.64 to 13.39 mg/g (Kaur et al 2016).…”

Dynamics of the physical properties of soybean during storage under tropical condition

“…The physical properties of pulse crops were not only important for its quality but they were also important to design the equipment and machines for sorting, separation, transportation and processing Brooker et al, (1992). Change of physiochemical properties can be major economic losses as well seed moisture content is one of the most important factors influencing seed quality in terms of price and seed storability and it may be affected economic return (Kaur et al, 2016;Narayan et al, 1988). Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the changes of physical properties of soybean under tropical ambient storage conditions.…”