Phytase-phytate-pectin hypothesis and quality of legumes cooked in calcium solutions

Authors: Galiotou-Panayotou, Maria; Kyriakidis, Nikolaos B; Margaris, Ioannis

Source: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 88, Number 2, 30 January 2008 , pp. 355-361(7)

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Abstract:

Hard-to-cook and easy-to-cook bean and lentil seeds were boiled in water containing calcium ions at concentrations of 0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 mg L⁻¹ and their texture and concentration of phytate and various peptic compounds were measured. In order to minimise matrix effects, hard-to-cook seeds were prepared from easy-to-cook seeds by soaking them at 50 °C. It was found that, as calcium ion concentration increased, phytate concentration decreased and seed hardness increased. Also, during soaking and cooking, phytate and peptic compounds were leached into the water. Losses were larger for hard-to-cook seeds than for easy-to-cook seeds. These results are consistent with the proposed theory that the formation of hard-to-cook legume seeds involves an interaction among divalent cations, phytate and peptic compounds, which is based on the phytase-phytate-pectin hypothesis. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry

Keywords: phytase-phytate-pectin hypothesis; hard-to-cook; legumes

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2973

Publication date: 2008-01-30

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