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All varieties absorbed nearly 1.5 times their weight of water and attained a moisture content of about 65% (wet basis) when cooked for their optimal times.","Excepting tannins, dehulling significantly increased phytic acid and enzyme inhibitory activity. Soaking in sodium bicarbonate or mixed salt solutions was more effective in removing these antinutrients than soaking in water. Cooking and germination followed by cooking were the most effective methods in the elimination of dry bean antinutrients. However, no single method could effectively remove or eliminate all the undesirable components of dry beans.","Since protein-bound tannins are usually not detected by the procedures routinely employed for their analyses, several parameters that might influence the commonly used vanillin, Folin-Ciocalteu and Prussian blue assays for tannins of dry beans were investigated.","Both phytate and tannins were potent inhibitors of digestive enzymes. The enzyme inhibitory fractions of legume tannins could be selectively removed by adsorption on starch. However, such tannin-starch association decreased the in vitro digestibility of several starches investigated. Considering their heat-stable nature and interactions with proteins and carbohydrates, the residual phytate and tannins in processed beans may lower the overall nutritional quality of legumes. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T21:21:45Z (GMT). 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