title: Effects of gamma irradiation and/or cooking on nutritional quality of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars seeds.
abstract: The effect of gamma irradiation (0.5 and 1.0 kGy) and/or cooking on the proximate composition, mineral content, tannin content, phytic acid content and the in vitro protein digestibility (IVPD) of two Sudanese faba bean cultivars (BB7-S1 and SH-S2) was investigated in the present study. The results obtained revealed that gamma irradiation and/or cooking treatments have slight effect in chemical composition and mineral content, while they caused significant (P ≤ 0.05) reduction on tannin content for both cultivars. Cooking of faba bean seeds also insignificantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced phytic acid content for both cultivars, while irradiation process and/or cooking had fluctuated effect. For both cultivars, irradiation of seeds and/or cooking increased the in vitro protein digestibility (IVPD), with maximum value of IVPD (79.97%) obtained for cultivar BB7-S1. The results indicate that the treatments used in this study might improve the nutritive quality of faba bean seed due to reduction in antinutritional factors with a concomitant increase in IVPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, 13314 Shambat Sudan.
authors.forename: Asha Mohamed Ali
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.affiliation: National Center for Research, Environment and Natural Resource Research Institute (ENRRI), P.O. Box 6096, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Amro B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: National Center for Research, Environment and Natural Resource Research Institute (ENRRI), P.O. Box 6096, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Gammaa A M
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.affiliation: National Center for Research, Environment and Natural Resource Research Institute (ENRRI), P.O. Box 6096, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Nagat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.affiliation: Sudanese Atomic Energy Commission (SAEC), Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Mohamed A H
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rushdi
authors.affiliation: National Center for Research, Environment and Natural Resource Research Institute (ENRRI), P.O. Box 6096, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Eiman E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Diab
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, 13314 Shambat Sudan.
authors.forename: Elfadil E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Babiker
keywords: Antinutritional factors; Cooking; Faba bean; Gamma irradiation; Protein digestibility
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