Soaking plasma processed chickpea (Cicer arientinum) cultivars

Abstract

Cold plasma processing has been marched toward becoming one of the proven techno alternatives to thermal food preservation. It was found effective to cause positive alterations in the surface properties of food by etching. The effect of low-pressure cold plasma on the percent moisture absorption of six chickpea cultivars, namely, Kripa, Virat, Vishal, Vijay, Digvijay, and Rajas, was studied. For plasma treatment, low-pressure glow discharge plasma with bell-jar symmetry was employed. The samples were treated with plasma at 40, 50, and 60 W each for 10, 15, and 20 min. These were soaked in distilled water and 1% sodium bicarbonate solution at room temperature for 8 h. The percent moisture absorption changed significantly (p < 0.05) with an increase in plasma power and treatment time. Kripa had the highest percent moisture absorption (102.07 ± 0.28) and (103.31 ± 0.68) at 60 W 20-min treatment while Rajas had the lowest percent moisture absorption (78.57 ± 0.81) and (79.44 ± 0.26) at 40 W and 10-min treatment in distilled water and 1% sodium bicarbonate solution soaking, respectively. The samples treated for 20 min with power 60 W showed higher moisture absorption for all the chickpea cultivars. The percent moisture absorption in control samples soaked in 1% sodium bicarbonate solution was higher than in distilled water. The same pattern did not repeat in the plasma-treated samples. The findings in this research will be useful for designing the soaking process for different cultivars of plasma-treated legumes.

A peleg modeling of water absorption in cold plasma-treated Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars

“…A significant difference ( P < 0.05) in moisture absorbed during distilled water soaking was found in samples exposed to 40, 50 and 60 W power for 10, 15 and 20 min in all chickpea cultivars. These results are in agreement with previous findings by researchers 37 . In the control samples, after soaking for 9 h, the moisture absorption was lowest in Kripa and highest in Virat .…”

“…All the soaking experiments were performed in triplicate. The per cent moisture absorbed was calculated 7 , 10 , 37 . Where Wa is water absorption (d.b.…”

“…Soaking plasma treated chickpeas ( Cicer arientinum ) was investigated by Pathan et al (2021). This study reported soaking plasma-treated samples in distilled water and 1% sodium bicarbonate solution at room temperature 37 . Cold plasma has also been successfully used to protect chickpeas against the storage pest Callosobruchus chinensis (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) for approximately four years 38 .…”

Cold Plasma Treatment and Peleg Model Application to Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

“…All the soaking experiments were performed in triplicate. The percent moisture absorbed was calculated as it was calculated 4,7,33 .…”

“…The soaking of plasma processed chickpea (Cicer arientinum) cultivars was studied by . In this study they reported about the soaking process of the plasma treated samples in distilled water and 1 % sodium bicarbonate solution at room temperature 33 . Cold plasma is also used to safeguard the chickpeas against the storage pest Callosobruchus chinensis (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) successfully for about the storage period of four years 34 .…”