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Abstract
The effects of soaking (in water for 16 h) and extrusion conditions including barrel temperature (1401C and 1801C) and feed
moisture (18% and 22%) on antinutrients, total and phytate phosphorus and protein digestibility of whole meal of four kinds of
legumes (peas, chickpeas, faba and kidney beans) were investigated.
The results obtained indicated that the soaking and extrusion signicantly decreased antinutrients such as phytic acid, tannins,
phenols, a-amylase and trypsin inhibitors. Moreover, extrusion processing decreased the percentage of phytic acid phosphorus to
total phosphorus. The in vitro protein digestibility of legume extrudates was also improved. Therefore, extrusion of legumes a priori
soaked in water for 16 h is recommended to improve the nutritive value of these legumes in order to increase its utilization by human
and animal when consumed directly or as an ingredient of certain meals.
r 2003 Swiss Society of Food Science and Technology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Legumes; Extrusion; Soaking; Antinutrients; Phosphorus; Digestibility
1. Introduction
Legumes are a cheap and valuable potential source of
good-quality protein, and they are consumed in large
quantities in Middle East countries. Legumes such as
faba beans, pea seeds, chickpeas and kidney beans are
consumed widely in Egypt. These legumes are also rich
and inexpensive sources of carbohydrates, dietary bers,
vitamins and some minerals including trace elements
(Gatel & Grosjean, 1990; Morrow, 1991; Bakr, 1996;
Embaby, 2000). The utilization of these legumes is
limited due to the presence of certain antinutritional
factors. Among these are phytates, polyphenols, enzyme
inhibitors (trypsin, chymotrypsin, and a-amylase) and
hemagglutinins (Fernandez, Aranda, Lopez-Jurado,
Garcia-Fuentes, & Urbano, 1997; Alonso, Orue, &
Marzo, 1998). On the other hand, Shahidi (1997)
reported that some antinutrients might exert benecial
health effects at low concentration. Therefore, manipulation of processing conditions may be required to
remove or reduce certain unwanted components. Attempts to increase the utilization of legumes have
*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: selhady@hotmail.com (E.A. Abd El-Hady).
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doi:10.1016/S0023-6438(02)00217-7
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Raw
18
18
22
22
Raw
18
18
22
22
Feed
moisture (%)
Raw
140
180
140
180
Raw
140
180
140
180
Barrel
temp. (1C)
6.10
5.50
5.28
5.10
4.80
6.40
6.86
6.23
6.26
6.05
8.50
7.60
7.21
7.32
7.14
8.97
8.34
8.08
8.16
7.90
8.00
8.04
7.44
7.74
7.35
8.21
8.16
7.96
7.71
7.33
9.95
10.41
9.77
10.05
9.53
11.03
10.90
10.10
10.30
9.64
Kidney
beans
485
426
387
366
362
492
430
397
438
426
269
233
229
214
200
330
278
255
257
236
Peas
Faba
beans
Chickpeas
Faba
beans
Peas
Tannins (mg/100 g)
210
196
214
195
210
260
245
226
230
190
Chickpeas
229
190
185
178
171
233
223
206
211
196
Kidney
beans
810
644
559
618
618
850
713
708
750
635
Faba
beans
393
379
350
360
343
460
430
420
402
392
Peas
550
380
270
360
283
590
520
511
490
470
Chickpeas
610
494
486
429
413
639
621
612
610
539
Kidney
beans
1401C
7.78 a
Barrel temp.
1801C
7.37 b
22%
7.41 b
Soaked
7.28 b
1401C
269 a
18%
270 a
Unsoaked
278 a
Peas
238 b
Chickpeas
213 c
1801C
256 b
22%
255 b
Soaked
247 b
Kidney
beans
195 d
Means having the same letter within each property are not signicantly different using Duncans Multiple Range Test (Po 0.05).
a
Calculated a part from other effects (i.e. main effect).
18%
7.75 a
Unsoaked
7.87 a
Kidney
beans
10.09 a
Faba
beans
404 a
Chickpeas
7.72 b
Faba
beans
5.86 c
Peas
7.74 b
Tannins (mg/100 g)
Feed moisture
Soaking treatment
Legume type
Peas
385 d
1401C
513 a
18%
506 a
Unsoaked
552 a
Faba
beans
656 a
Kidney
beans
526 b
1801C
476 b
22%
482 b
Soaked
437 b
Chickpeas
411 c
(b) Meansa of phytic acid, tannins and phenols contents as affected by legume type, soaking treatment, feed moisture and barrel temperature tested for significance using Duncans Multiple Range Test
Soaked
Unsoaked
Treatment
(a) Effect of soaking, feed moisture and extrusion temperature on phytic acid, tannins and phenols of extruded legumes
Table 1
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3.1.2. Tannins
Signicant variations were noticed in the contents of
tannins of the studied legumes (Table 1a and b). Raw
faba beans contained the highest value (492 mg/100 g)
while kidney beans showed the least (233 mg/100 g). The
long soaking time (16 h) in water resulted in a highly
signicant reduction in tannins in all legumes (Tables 1b
and 6). Moreover, extrusion resulted in a further
decrease in tannin content. Extrusion temperature and
feed moisture showed signicant effects. Alonso et al.
(1998) found that extrusion of peas under conditions of
1481C, 25% moisture and 100 rpm was most effective in
tannins reduction. Also, Alonso et al. (2000b) studied
the effects of extrusion and conventional processing
methods on protein and antinutritional factors in peas
and they found varietal changes in their tannin contents,
and extrusion was most effective in reducing tannins
than the other processes.
Table 2
Effect of soaking, feed moisture and extrusion temperature on trypsin inhibitor (U/mg)
Treatment
Peas
Chickpeas
Kidney beans
Unsoaked
Raw (control)
18
18
22
22
Raw (control)
140
180
140
180
2.31
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
0.78
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
15.08
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
19.50
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
Soaked
Raw (control)
18
18
22
22
Raw (control)
140
180
140
180
1.85 [19.9]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
0.66 [15.4]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
13.69 [9.2]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
19.20 [1.5]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d.=not detected.
Values in the brackets indicated the percentage decrease over the control values.
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Table 3
Effect of soaking, feed moisture and extrusion temperature on a-amylase inhibitora (U/mg) of extruded legumesb
Treatment
Unsoaked
Soaked
Kidney beans
Pancreatic
Salivary
116.2
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
Raw (control)
18
18
22
22
Raw (control)
140
180
140
180
76
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
Raw (control)
18
18
22
22
Raw (control)
140
180
140
180
46.4 [38.9]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
[100]
[100]
[100]
[100]
77 [33.7]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
n.d. [100]
Values in the brackets indicated the percentage decrease over the control values.
a
Against salivary and pancreatic amylases.
b
Faba beans, peas and chickpeas showed no activity of the inhibitor against both amylases. n.d.=not detected.
Mean1
Raw
18
18
22
22
Raw
140
180
140
180
3.56
3.56
3.50
3.55
3.60
3.35
3.38
3.22
3.20
3.19
4.55
4.43
4.35
4.53
4.42
Kidney
beans
1.80
1.93
1.75
1.76
1.70
Faba
beans
2.53
2.35
2.27
2.30
2.23
Peas
2.30
2.29
2.23
2.17
2.06
Chickpeas
3.10
3.07
2.85
2.90
2.71
Kidney
beans
4.50
4.46
4.36
4.47
4.40
Faba
beans
T.P (mg/g)
5.12
5.06
5.04
5.03
5.00
Peas
4.60
4.51
4.57
4.46
4.51
Chickpeas
5.60
5.42
5.55
5.40
5.55
Kidney
beans
40.0
43.3
40.1
39.4
38.4
Faba
beans
49.4
46.4
45.0
45.7
44.6
Peas
Ph.P 100/T.P
50.0
50.8
48.8
48.7
45.7
Chickpeas
55.4
56.6
51.4
53.7
48.8
Kidney
beans
3.39
3.41
3.42
3.35
3.37
3.00
2.91
2.92
2.92
2.91
4.42
4.49
4.11
4.39
4.14
1.73
1.55
1.49
1.44
1.35
2.39
2.14
2.04
2.09
2.01
2.25
2.26
2.10
2.18
2.07
2.80
2.93
2.76
2.85
2.68
4.30
4.37
4.22
4.31
4.27
5.02
5.01
5.06
5.00
4.99
4.42
4.47
4.34
4.46
4.42
5.20
5.20
5.10
5.12
5.15
40.2
35.5
35.3
33.4
31.6
47.6
42.7
40.3
41.8
40.3
50.9
50.6
48.4
48.9
46.8
53.8
56.4
54.1
55.7
52.0
3.0070.06 3.3870.03 2.9370.03 4.3170.16 1.5170.13 2.1370.14 2.1770.08 2.8070.08 4.2970.05 5.0270.02 4.4270.05 5.1570.04 35.272.9 42.572.7 49.171.5 54.471.5
3.11
2.99
2.95
2.96
3.00
3.1470.03 3.5570.03 3.2770.08 4.4670.07 1.7970.08 2.3470.11 2.2170.09 2.9370.14 4.4470.05 5.0570.04 4.5370.05 5.5070.08 40.271.7 46.271.7 48.871.7 53.272.8
3.19
3.16
3.11
3.12
3.12
Chickpeas
Ph.P (mg/g)
Ph.P=phytic acid phosphorus; T.P=total phosphorus and Ph.P 100/T.P=phytic phosphorus 100/total phosphorus
1
Overall mean7standard error, calculated a part from other effects (i.e. soaking effect).
Soaked
Mean1
Raw
140
180
140
180
Unsoaked Raw
18
18
22
22
Treatment
Table 4
Effect of soaking, feed moisture and extrusion temperature on ash, phytic phosphorus, total phosphorus and the percentage of phytic phosphorus to the total phosphorus
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Raw
18
18
22
22
Raw
18
18
22
22
Raw
140
180
140
180
Raw
140
180
140
180
29.60
29.69
29.64
28.41
28.38
28.97
28.89
28.70
28.43
28.22
26.99
25.13
24.46
25.33
25.95
26.50
25.53
25.69
25.85
25.61
26.30
26.14
25.90
24.96
25.03
25.98
26.49
25.02
25.77
25.66
25.73
24.13
23.57
23.35
25.60
25.66
24.96
22.88
25.50
25.43
Kidney beans
76.00
80.40
78.06
79.64
78.93
75.40
78.40
78.40
78.20
78.61
75.20
77.85
78.05
78.05
76.76
74.47
77.63
77.27
76.22
75.59
Peas
74.80
80.20
79.67
80.39
81.11
74.00
78.22
79.40
77.50
80.16
Chickpeas
Faba beans
Chickpeas
Faba beans
Peas
Protein (g/100 g)
70.21
79.26
77.36
78.04
77.30
70.59
76.77
77.31
78.74
76.41
Kidney beans
1401C
26.15 a
Barrel temp.
1801C
25.98 b
22%
26.10 a
Soaked
25.98 b
1401C
78.53 a
18%
78.39 a
Unsoaked
77.87 b
Peas
77.18 c
Means having the same letter within each property are not signicantly different using Duncans Multiple Range Test (Po 0.05).
a
Calculated a part from other effects (i.e. main effect).
18%
26.04 a
Unsoaked
26.16 a
Kidney beans
24.43 d
Faba beans
78.83 b
Chickpeas
25.62 b
Faba beans
28.79 a
Peas
25.43 c
Protein (g/100 g)
Feed moisture
Soaking treatment
Legume type
Kidney beans
77.77 c
1801C
78.15 a
22%
78.29 a
Soaked
78.82 a
Chickpeas
79.59 a
(b) Meansa of protein and in vitro protein digestibility values as affected by legume type, soaking treatment, feed moisture and barrel temperature tested for significance using Duncans Multiple Range Test
Soaked
Unsoaked
Treatment
(a) Effect of soaking, feed moisture and extrusion temperature on protein percentage and in vitro protein digestibility of extruded legumes
Table 5
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Table 6
Summary of analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the effects of legume type, soaking and extrusion conditions (feed moisture and barrel temperature) on
antinutrients, protein and in vitro protein digestibility
Sources of variance
Tannins (mg/100 g)
Phenols (mg/100 g)
Protein (g/100 g)
Digestibility (%)
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****
****
****
****
****
****
****
****
****
****
***
NS
**
****
***
NS
NS
****
***
****
**
NS
NS
****
****
***
**
NS
NS
NS
****
****
NS
NS
**
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
n
n
NS
NS
n
**
***
****
NS
****
****
NS
****
NS
****
****
NS
**
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NS
****
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Signicant at Po0.05; **signicant at Po0.01; ***signicant at Po0.001; ****signicant at Po0.0001; NS=not signicant.
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