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Nutritive Value of Some Raw Legumes and Processing and
The Potential Effect on Human Health
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Abstract: This work aims to investigate the potential benefits of using some common legumes (faba bean,chickepea,lentils,lupins and fenugreek seeds for human health. The study extended. To the effect of soaking/germinating and/or soaking/cooking process of legume seeds on the nutritive values,minerals,vitamin (A,C and E) and plant bioactive component (isoflavone)
The results of this research indicated that soaking/germination process of legume seeds lead to increase the nutritive values (protein,and minerals) as well as vitamin A,C,E and bioactive isoflavone more than soaking/cooking process compared with raw ones. Thesoaking process of legumes was the best technological process to increase the nutritive values ,minerals, vitamin A,C,E and bioactive isoflavone compared with soaking/cooking process ones. Hence, we propose that, administration of process legumes may benefit human health specially soaking/germination for 48 hr (lupin and fenugreek seeds) and may play an important role in preventing some metabolic diseases in human.
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2009
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Egypt. J. of Nutrition and health vol
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Journal
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