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DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.09.026
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Phenolic composition and antioxidant potential of grain
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Abstract
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Legumes are a good source of bioactive phenolic compounds which play significant roles in
many physiological as well as metabolic processes. Phenolic acids, flavonoids and condensed tannins
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are the primary phenolic compounds that are present in legume seeds. Majority of the phenolic
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compounds are present in the legume seed coats. The seed coat of legume seeds primarily contains
phenolic acids and flavonoids (mainly catechins and procyanidins). Gallic and protocatechuic acids
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are common in kidney bean and mung bean. Catechins and procyanidins represent almost 70% of
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total phenolic compounds in lentils and cranberry beans (seed coat). The antioxidant activity of
phenolic compounds is in direct relation with their chemical structures such as number as well as
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position of the hydroxyl groups. Processing mostly leads to the reduction of phenolic compounds in
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legumes owing to chemical rearrangements. Phenolic content also decreases due to leaching of water-
soluble phenolic compounds into the cooking water. The health benefits of phenolic compounds
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This review provides comprehensive information of phenolic compounds identified in grain legume
seeds along with discussing their antioxidant and health promoting activities.
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1. Introduction
Legume seeds constitute an essential part of the human diet as they are excellent sources of
proteins, minerals, vitamins and bioactive compounds (Magalhães et al., 2017). There has been a
significant increase in their production worldwide and the food processing industry is developing
newer uses of these seeds for producing food products having beneficial effect on human health
(Aguilera et al., 2011a). The worldwide production, area harvested and yield of different legume
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seeds is presented in Supplementary Figure S1. Legumes are a good source of bioactive phenolic
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compounds for humans as they play a significant role in many physiological and metabolic processes.
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Additionally, the diets in developing countries are primarily based on legume and cereal products and
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recently there has been an increasing interest in following strictly vegetarian diets among Western
societies (Sabaté and Soret, 2014). Most of the phenolic compounds are concentrated in the seed
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coats of the legumes (Amarowicz and Shahidi, 2017; de Mejıa et al. 1999; Dueñas et al., 2006; Gan et
al., 2016). These compounds function as bioactive compounds and are important determinants of
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color, taste and flavor of foods. They exhibit free radical-scavenging capacity and the ability to
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interact with proteins. The bioactive phenolic compounds present in grain legumes (as reactive
metabolites and associated antioxidant activity) make them suitable candidates for creating new
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functional foods (Aguilera et al., 2011). Phenolic compounds are polyhydroxylated compounds,
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constituting one of the most extensive groups of chemicals present in plant kingdom. These show
structural diversity ranging from simple phenolics to complex as well as highly polymerized
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compounds. The high-molecular weight phenolic compounds having a complex structure are often
protection against oxidative stresses and degenerative diseases. These compounds might offer indirect
protection by the activation of endogenous defense systems and with the modulation of cellular
signaling processes. Bioactivities (the specific effect produced in human body upon exposure to
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bioactive compounds) of phenolic compounds exemplify their importance in food products. They
have many health benefits, some of which are acting as anticarcinogenic, anti-thrombotic, anti-ulcer,
cardioprotective, vasodialatory and analgesic agents (Balasundram et al., 2006). Alshikh et al. (2015)
documented that phenolic compounds present in legumes not only contributed to their organoleptic
properties, but also provided several health benefits. While surveying the literature, collective
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information in the form of a review on the phenolic compounds (including their antioxidant activities
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as well as health benefits) present in legume seeds is scarce. This review provides comprehensive
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collective information of phenolic compounds reported in different grain legume seeds such as
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common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), faba bean (Vicia faba), mung bean (Vigna radiate), Pinto bean
(Phaseolus vulgaris), kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), adzuki bean (Vigna angularis), lentil
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(Lens culinaris), chickpea (Cicer arietinum), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), pigeon pea (Cajanus
cajan), pea (Pisum sativum), soybean (Glycine max) and peanut (Arachis hypogaea). Moreover,
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antioxidant and health promoting activities such as reducing the incidence of cancer, heart problems,
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2. Phenolic compounds
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Phenolic compounds are widely distributed bioactive secondary metabolites present in all
higher plants that are mainly synthesized by the shikimic acid, pentose phosphate and
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phenylpropanoid pathways (Balasundram et al., 2006). Structurally, they have one or more hydroxyl
groups attached directly to the aromatic ring and can vary from simple molecules to highly complex
polymers (Haminiuk et al., 2012; Singh et al., 2015). Phenolic compounds are divided into subgroups
of phenolic acids, flavonoids, tannins and stilbenes on the basis of number of phenolic hydroxyl
groups attached and structural elements that link benzene rings (Singh et al., 2016b). It is estimated
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that more than 8000 phenolic compounds have been isolated and described in plants (Ouchemoukh et
al., 2016). Phenolic compounds affect the sensory properties of foods and tannins primarily
contribute to the astringency of foods (Landete et al., 2012; Singh et al., 2016a). The flavonoids
include flavonols, flavones, flavanols, flavanones, anthocyanidins and isoflavones. Tannins occur in
complexes with polysaccharides, proteins and alkaloids and are subdivided into hydrolysable and
condensed tannins. Some of these compounds are water soluble (phenolic acids and flavonoids),
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while some are insoluble (some condensed tannins). Flavonoids (60%) and phenolic acids (30%)
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mainly account for phenolic compounds in our diet (Haminiuk et al., 2012).
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There are many available methods for the extraction of phenolic compounds but no single
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method can be categorized as a standard method. The extraction of phenolic compounds is mainly
affected by several parameters (such as the particle size of the samples, the type of solvent used, the
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solute to solvent ratio, agitation rate, mass transfer efficiency and temperature used). The most
important step is to select the optimum conditions required for extraction. Besides this, the crucial
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step in the quantification of these compounds is the preparation method of samples as it influences
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both the accuracy as well as the repeatability during the analysis (Zhao et al., 2011). Finely powdered
samples considerably improve the extraction of phenolic compounds owing to the increase in the
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surface area and disruption of cell walls present in the plant material used. Usually pure organic
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solvents (such as methanol, ethanol, acetone and ethyl acetate) as well as their combinations with
water (depending on the selectivity, price and recover) are used for extracting phenolic compounds.
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HPLC-DAD (high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector) is generally used for
elucidating the profiles of phenolic compounds present in many plant species such as legumes. In
contrast to the spectrophotometric techniques (such as Folin-Ciocalteu phenol reagent) this method is
ideal not only for separating phenolic compounds but also their quantification (Khoddami et al.,
2013; Talukdar, 2013). Moreover, despite being economic, simple and quick spectrophotometric
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techniques are not selective and do not quantify individual phenolic compounds (Khoddami et al.,
2013; Magalhães et al., 2017). Generally mass spectrometry is used for the validation of the phenolic
Food legumes mainly contain phenolic acids, flavonoids and condensed tannins among
various known phenolic compounds (Amarowicz, and Pegg 2008). These compounds are distributed
differently in the seed coat (mainly flavonoids) and the cotyledon (mainly contain non-flavonoids
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such hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic acids) (Shahidi and Ambigaipalan, 2015). These
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differences have been highlighted in many reports. Colored (Pinto) beans have more phenolic
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compounds than uncolored (Cannellini) beans (Aguilera et al., 2011). The phenolic compounds
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present in grain legumes are shown in Table 1. For any specific legume, more pigmented varieties
tend to contain higher levels of phenolic compounds (such as anthocyanins) than less pigmented
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varieties (Duenas et al., 2006; Choung et al., 2003). Aguilera et al. (2010) reported 35 phenolic
compounds in lentils including catechins as well as procyanidins (69%), flavonols (17%), flavones,
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flavanones (5%), hydroxybenzoic (5%) and hydroxycinnamic acids (4%). Luthria and Pastor-
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Corrales (2006) separated as well as quantified phenolic acids in 15 dry bean varieties using HPLC.
These authors identified p-coumaric acid, sinapic acid and ferulic acid (most abundant) in all
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varieties, while caffeic acid was identified only in two varieties of black beans.
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protocatechuic, gallic, vanillic and syringic acids and hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives such as
Hydroxybenzoic acids have a C6–C1 structure and include gallic, vanillic, protocatechuic, p-
hydroxybenzoic and syringic acid. The structure of hydroxybenzoic acids in grain legume seeds is
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shown in Figure 1a. Beans, peas and lentils varies in concentrations of vanillic, p-hydroxybenzoic
and protocatechuic acids (López-Amorós et al., 2006). Raw lentils had total 5.69 μg/g of
aldehyde and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (Aguilera et al., 2010). Dihydroxybenzoic acid (3.68 μg/g) and
p-hydroxybenzoic acid (1.90 μg/g) were common phenolic acids in lentils. An early study by
Bartolomé et al. (1997) reported p-hydroxybenzoic acid (1.48 μg/g), protocatechuic acid (0.36 μg/g)
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and protocatechuic aldehyde (0.13 μg/g) in lentils. Alshikh et al. (2015) identified gallic acid, methyl
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vanillate and protocatechuic acid in lentil cultivars. p-hydroxybenzoic (3.25 μg/g) and protocatechuic
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acid (1.45 μg/g) were reported in raw lentils (Dueñas et al 2007). Gallic acid (90.9-136.8 μg/g),
μg/g), μg/g),
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protocatechuic acid (20.2-37.7 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoic acid (16.9-29.2
protocatechualdehyde (3.6-12.1 μg/g), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (15.7-44.9 μg/g) and vanillic acid
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(0.59-3.22 μg/g) are the benzoic type phenolic acids detected in 11 lentil cultivars (Xu and Chang,
2010).
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Cannellini (Uncolored) and Pinto (Colored) bean had 21.66 and 84.92 μg/g of hydroxybenzoics,
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respectively (Aguilera et al., 2011). This study identified salicylic acid (44.89μg/g), vanillic acid
(17.01 μg/g), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (12.20 μg/g), p-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid (8.42 μg/g) and
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protocatechuic acid (2.40 μg/g) in Pinto beans, whereas vanillic acid (10.71 μg/g), p-hydroxyphenyl
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acetic acid (6.92 μg/g) and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (4.30 μg/g) were the reported hydroxybenzoics in
Cannellini beans. The seed coat (hull) of legume seeds primarily contains p-hydroxybenzoic,
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protocatechuic, gallic, vanillic and syringic acid (Amarowicz, and Pegg 2008). Protocatechuic acid
(67.6 μg/g) and protocatechuic aldehyde (7.71 μg/g) were identified in crude extract of adzuki bean
(Amarowicz et al., 2008), whereas gallic aldehyde (13.45 μg/g) and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (73.46
μg/g) were reported in red lentil acetone extract (Amarowicz et al., 2009). Gallic (27 μg/g),
protocatechuic (18.9 μg/g) and p-hydroxybenzoic (5.81μg/g) are the main free phenolic acids
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identified in black cowpea seed coats (Gutiérrez-Uribe et al., 2011). Protocatechuic (0.217 mg/g) and
p-hydroxybenzoic acid (0.239 mg/g) were present in alkaline hydrolysable phenolic fractions of dark
colored cranberry beans seed coats, while were not observed in similar fraction of light colored
Gallic and protocatechuic are the common phenolic acids found in beans (Wang et al., 2016). Red
sword bean and black sword bean coats contains 9.68 and 5.0 mg/g DW (dry weight basis) of gallic
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acid, respectively (Gan et al., 2016). p-hydroxybenzoic acid (29.08 to 71.26 μg/g) was detected as
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main hydroxylbenzoic in alkaline hydrolysable phenolic fractions of regular darkening cultivars of
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whole cranberry beans (Chen et al., 2015b). p-hydroxybenzoic acid (19.2 to 60.5 mg/kg), syringic
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acid (45.9 mg/kg) and gentisic acid (8.1 to 26.0 mg/kg) were reported in seeds of six chickpea
varieties, while protocatechuic acid (12.1 to 163.5 mg/kg) and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (45.4 to 101.7
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mg/kg) were present in seeds of six field pea varieties (Magalhães et al., 2017). Benzoic (57 μg/g)
and protocatechuic (44 μg/g) acids are main phenolic acids in soybean seed (Chung et al., 2011). p-
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hydroxybenzoic acid was found in kidney beans and its sprouts at level of 10.33 and 10 μg/g,
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respectively (Dueñas et al 2015). Dark beans have 7.3 and 20.4 μg/g of total hydroxybenzoics
in soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, respectively (Dueñas et al 2016). Study also reported raw lentils
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have high level of hydroxybenzoics in insoluble (73.2 μg/g) than soluble (2 μg/g) dietary fiber.
Hydroxycinnamic acids present in grain legume seeds is shown in Figure 1b. They are
aromatic compounds having a C6–C3 structure and include caffeic, p-coumaric, trans-ferulic, sinapic
and chlorogenic acids. Hydroxycinnamics vary in legumes such as beans, peas and lentils. Trans-
ferulic acid is detected in beans, peas and lentils and cis-ferulic acid only in beans. trans-p-coumaric
acid is detected in lentils and peas, and cis-p-coumaric acid only in peas (López-Amorós et al., 2006).
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In 15 dry edible bean varieties, mean ferulic, p-coumaric and sinapic acid was determined as 17.8, 6.3
and 7.0 mg/100 g, respectively (Luthria and Pastor-Corrales, 2006). Lentils contained 3.76 μg/g of
al., 2010). Raw lentils contain trans-p-coumaroyl malic acid (10.02 μg/g), trans-p-coumaroyl glycolic
acid (2.88 μg/g), trans-p-coumaric acid (5.74 μg/g) as main hydroxycimmamic compounds (Dueñas
et al 2007). Sinapic (1099-2217 μg/g) and chlorogenic acid (159-213 μg/g) are the main cinnamic
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type phenolic acids detected in 11 lentil cultivars (Xu and Chang, 2010).
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Cannellini and Pinto bean had 23.52 and 36.31 μg/g of hydroxycinnamic acids, respectively with
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majority of them being the aldaric derivatives of ferulic and p-coumaric free acids (Aguilera et al.,
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2011). Further, the main hydroxycinnamic acid identified in Cannellini and Pinto beans was trans-
ferulic acid (8.95 and 11.80 μg/g, respectively). Caffeic, ferulic, p-coumaric and sinapic acids were
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detected in different lentil cultivars (Alshikh et al., 2015). In another study, trans-ferulic, trans-p-
coumaric and sinapic acids were identified in red lentils (Amarowicz et al., 2009). Bartolome et al.
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(1997) identified p-coumaric acid (7.51 μg/g) and p-coumaric acid derivative (0.74 μg/g) in raw
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lentils. Hull portions of legume seeds had trans-p-coumaric, trans-ferulic, ferulic, caffeic and sinapic
acids (Amarowicz, and Pegg 2008). In crude extract of adzuki bean trans-p-coumaric acid (31.3μg/g)
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and trans-p-coumaroyl malic acid (4.57 μg/g) was identified (Amarowicz et al. 2008), whereas in red
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lentil extract, trans-p-coumaric acid (38.84 μg/g) and sinapic acid (0.06 μg/g) was reported
(Amarowicz et al., 2009). Trans-p- coumaric acid (37.3 μg/g), trans-p- coumaric acid derivative (6.4
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μg/g) and trans-ferulic acid (10.1 μg/g) were reported in green lentil (Amarowicz et al. 2010). Ferulic
(95 μg/g) is a main hydroxycinnamic acid in soybean seed (Chung et al., 2011). Ferulic (26.25 μg/g)
and coumaric (1.25 μg/g) are the free phenolic acids found in black cowpea seeds (Gutiérrez-Uribe et
al., 2011). Aldaric derivatives of ferulic, p-coumaric and sinapic acids are main phenolic acids
identified in white kidney bean and round purple bean (García-Lafuente et al., 2014).
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Hydroxycinnamic acids in free forms and linked to hydroxyl acids and sugars are abundant in kidney
beans and they account for nearly about 50% of the total phenolic content (Dueñas et al 2015). Dark
beans have 1.2 and 1.3 μg/g of hydroxycinnamic compounds in soluble and insoluble dietary
fractions, respectively (Dueñas et al 2016). Ferulic and p-coumaric are the two main
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Total phenolic content (TPC) reported in different legume seeds are presented in Table 1. The
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antioxidant activity of legumes is directly related to TPC (Xu et al., 2007). TPC shows a wide
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variability in different legumes and depends on the source of legume seeds and the region of
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cultivation (Amarowicz, and Pegg 2008). Xu et al. (2007) reported that lentils contain more TPC
(4.86–9.60 mg GAE [gallic acid equivalents]/g) than soybeans (1.57- 5.57 mg GAE/g), chickpeas
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(0.98 mg GAE/g), yellow peas (0.85-1.14 mg GAE/g) and green peas (0.65-0.99 mg GAE/g). Study
also reported that TPC varies widely among common bean varieties (0.57-6.99 mg GAE/g) with
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highest in black turtle beans and lowest in navy beans. The pigmented seeds of legumes contain
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higher TPC than the light-colored seeds. The seed coat of legumes is rich in phenolic compounds,
although it represents approximately 10% of the total seed weight. Segev et al. (2010) documented
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that colored chickpea seeds had up to 13 fold more TPC than beige as well as regular cream colored
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seeds indicating that these legumes can be used as functional foods. TPC in regular-darkening
cranberry bean seed coats is approximately 25-fold higher (52.41–56.43 mg GAE/g) than non-
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darkening (2.00–2.06 mg GAE/g) cranberry beans (Chen et al., 2015a). TPC in raw non-darkening
cranberry beans is 5-fold lower (0.67 – 0.81 mg GAE/g) compared to raw regular-darkening (2.82 –
4.15 mg GAE/g) cranberry beans (Chen et al., 2015b). TPC ranging from 11.2 to 25.3 mg catechin
equivalents (CE)/g was reported for cotyledons of 7 cultivars of beans (Rocha-Guzmán et al. 2007).
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In lentils, TPC in free, esterified and insoluble bound forms was in the range of 1.37–5.53, 2.32–
TPC in horse gram, cowpea and chickpea flour extracts was reported to be 14.3, 12.1 and 10.8 mg
GAE/g, respectively (Sreerama et al., 2012). TPC varies from cultivar to cultivar in lentils and this
might be due to difference in geographical conditions and locations of the cultivars (Alshikh et al.,
2015). TPC in legume seeds such as adzuki bean, faba bean, red bean, broad bean, pea, red lentil and
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green lentil was greatly diversified and reported as 89.7, 55.9, 55.4, 23.9, 22.6, 58.0 and 67.6 mg/g
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catechin equivalent (CE), respectively (Amarowicz et al., 2004). TPC in crude extract, low-
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molecular-weight phenolic fraction and tannin fraction of adzuki bean was reported to be 90, 58 and
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189 mg/g (Amarowicz et al., 2008), whereas in red lentil it was 58, 12 and 290 mg/g, respectively
(Amarowicz et al., 2009). TPC values were higher (68, 23 and 338 mg/g, respectively) in similar
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extract and fractions of green lentil (Amarowicz et al., 2010). TPC in seed coat and cotyledons of
thirteen genotypes of faba bean was reported in the range of 45.6–107.6 and 15.8–26.3 mg GAE/g,
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respectively (Chaieb et al., 2011).Seed coat contributed to the majority of phenolic compounds in
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peanuts. TPC in seed coat, raw kernel and cotyledons of six peanut varieties ranged from 97.3 to
133.5, 3.28–9.20 and 0.88–1.85 mg GAE/g, respectively (Attree et al., 2015). TPC in immature seeds
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of ten varieties of faba beans ranged from 817 to 1337 mg GAE/kg (Baginsky et al., 2013). Red and
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carioca beans presented higher TPC (1.8 and 1.2 mg/g, respectively) compared to fradinho, white and
black beans (0.18; 0.19 and 0.49 mg/g respectively) (Telles et al., 2017).
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2.2. Flavonoids
Flavonoids are the main phenolic compounds found in legumes (Aguilera et al., 2011). They
are the largest group of phenolics and account for the half of known phenolic compounds in plants.
They are low molecular weight compounds consisting of two aromatic rings (A & B) joined by a 3-
carbon bridge (C6–C3–C6 structure). The ring A is derived from the acetate pathway and ring B is
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derived from shikimic acid pathway. They are divided into anthocyanins (colored) and anthoxanthins
(colorless compounds). Anthoxanthins are divided further into flavones, flavans, flavonols,
isoflavones and their glycosides. Flavanols, flavan-3-ols, flavones and anthocyanidins are the main
Catechins have a hydroxyl group at C-3 and are called as flavan-3-ols. Procyanidins are the
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oligomers of catechin and epicatechin molecules. Catechins and procyanidins identified in grain
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legume seeds are shown in Figure 2a. These flavonoids are primarily present in legumes having
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colored seed coats. Aguilera et al. (2011) reported that colored (Pinto) beans contained 256.94 μg/g of
catechins and procyanidins and the most abundant compounds were (+)-catechin (142.58 μg/g), (+)-
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catechin glucoside (45.75 μg/g) and procyanidin dimer 1 (41.20 μg/g). Catechins, procyanidins and
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prodelphinidins are common in raw lentil flour sample (Dueñas et al 2007). Catechins and
procyanidins represent 69% of total phenolic compounds (74.48 μg/g) in raw lentils (Aguilera et al.,
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2010). Catechin (267-1899 μg/g) and epicatechin (2535-4946 μg/g) are the two major
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compounds detected in 11 lentil cultivars (Xu and Chang, 2010). The mainly identified
compounds in lentils were (+)-catechin 3-glucoside (39.89 μg/g), procyanidin B2 (8.92 μg/g),
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procyanidin trimer (9.30 μg/g) and procyanidin dimer (4.45 μg/g) (Aguilera et al., 2010). Catechin,
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epicatechin (+)-catechin 3-glucoside were detected as catechins and procyanidin dimer A & B,
prodelphinidin dimer A and procyanidin trimer C1 & A as procyanidins in lentil cultivars (Alshikh et
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al., 2015). Insoluble dietary fractions of raw lentils contain catechins (1.37 μg/g) and procyandins
(1.03 μg/g), whereas they are not detected in soluble dietary fractions (Dueñas et al 2016). Catechin
glucoside (688 μg/g), epicatechin (25.7 μg/g), epicatechin glucoside (159 μg/g), epigallocatechin
gallate (0.14 μg/g) were detected in crude extract of adzuki bean (Amarowicz et al., 2008). In red
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lentil crude extract, epicatechin (98.21 μg/g), catechin (36.02 μg/g), catechin glucoside (51.95 μg/g),
and epicatechin glucoside (6.65 μg/g) were measured (Amarowicz et al., 2009).
Hull of colored beans (red, brown, and black bean) contain procyanidin B2, C1, and C2
(Amarowicz, and Pegg 2008). Catechin is the most predominant flavonoid in dark colored seed coat
of cranberry beans and its levels is 2.5 to 6.5-fold higher than proanthocyanidins. In free phenolic and
alkaline hydrolysable phenolic fractions of regular-darkening cranberry beans seed coats the level of
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catechin is 3.7 and 0.25 mg/g and procyanidin dimers is 1.8 and 0.14 mg/g, respectively (Chen et al.,
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2015a). Catechins and proanthocyanidins are the main compounds identified in free phenol fraction
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of regular darkening cranberry bean lines. Catechin and proanthocyanidins concentration in whole
raw cranberry beans (regular darkening lines) ranged from 142.26 to 203 and 15.30 to 35.29 μg/g,
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respectively (Chen et al., 2015b). Catechin (1.75–5.42%) and epicatechin (3.80–12.48%) were
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quantified in seed coats of 15 bean cultivars (Mojica et al., 2015). Catechin gallate (2060 μg/g),
digallate procyanidin dimer (864 μg/g), epicatechin (864 μg/g) and gallate procyanidin dimer (676
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μg/g) were the major phenolics present in the broad bean crude extract (Amarowicz and Shahidi,
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2017). Catechin glucoside is the main dominant compound found in cowpeas. Catechin (16.6 - 297
μg/g), catechin-7-O-glucoside (770 - 2553 μg/g), epicatechin (2.4 - 11.3 μg/g) and (epi)afzelechin
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glycosides (10.7 - 243 μg/g) were quantified in six cowpea phenotypes (Ojwang et al., 2013).
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In adzuki bean, the content of procyanidin gallate (12.4 μg/g), procyanidin dimers (16.0-213
μg/g) and procyanidin trimers (41.8-42.4 μg/g) was reported in crude extract (Amarowicz et al.,
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2008). In lentils, the content of procyanidins (procyanidin B2, B3 and procyanidin tetramer) was in
the range of 0.1 to 0.5 mg/100 g DW (López-Amorós et al., 2006). Prodelphinidin dimers (161.6
μg/g), procyanidin dimers (65.98 μg/g), procyanidin trimers (87.5 μg/g), digallate procyanidin dimer
(83.29 μg/g), procyanidin gallate (32.78 μg/g) were reported in red lentil acetone extract (Amarowicz
et al., 2009). Prodelphinidin dimer (5.3 μg/g), digallate procyanidin dimer (7.3 μg/g), procyanidin
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dimers 1 (14.1 μg/g) & 2 (100 μg/g), procyanidin dimer gallate (31.9 μg/g), digallate procyanidin
dimer (14.1 μg/g), procyanidin trimer (18.6 μg/g), catechin glucoside (289 μg/g), catechin gallate
(18.7 μg/g), epicatechin glucoside (59.5 μg/g) were reported in green lentil (Amarowicz et al., 2010).
Concentration of proanthocyanidins detected in immature seeds of ten faba bean varieties ranged
from 543 to 36.55 mg/kg fresh weight (Baginsky et al., 2013). Catechin (151-978 mg/kg), epicatechin
(148-773 mg/kg), procyanidin dimer (71-1352 mg/kg), procyanidin trimer (64-782 mg/kg) and
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prodelphinidin dimer (81-1150 mg/kg) were the main compounds identified in seeds of ten faba bean
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varieties (Baginsky et al., 2013). The high concentration of procyanidin dimers (97.29 μg/g) were
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reported in raw dark beans (López et al., 2013).
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2.2.2. Anthocyanins
Anthocyanidins (or aglycons) are the main structures of anthocyanins and consist of an
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aromatic ring A that is bonded to a heterocyclic ring C which contains oxygen which forms a bond
(carbon–carbon) with the third aromatic ring B. When anthocyanidins are present in their glycoside
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form i.e. bonded to a sugar moiety, these compounds are referred to as anthocyanins. Anthocyanins
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are mostly present in the colored seed coat of the legumes. Structure of main anthocyanins identified
in grain legume seeds is shown in Figure 2b. In red and green lentils, anthocyanin contents reported is
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three to four folds higher in hulls than those in whole seeds (Oomah et al., 2011). Anthocyanin
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content of 157.3 and 665.6 μg/g was reported in French Green and Pardina lentils, respectively (Xu
and Chang, 2010). In same study, six folds higher anthocyanin content was reported in yellow pea
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hull than those in whole seed. Cyanidin 3-glucoside (88.44 μg/g) and pelargonidin 3-glucoside (50.72
μg/g) are the most abundant anthocyanins identified in raw dark beans (López et al., 2013).
Monomeric anthocyanin content (MAC) was higher in black seed coat (73.7 mg cyanidin-3-
glucoside equivalents (CyE) /g) compared to red seed coat (9.06 mg CyE/g) of peanuts (Attree et al.
2015). Malvidin, pelargonidin and cyanidin glucosides identified in round purple bean extract are the
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anthocyanins responsible for color of this bean (García-Lafuente et al., 2014). Pelargonidin 3-O-
glucoside (1.90 μg/g), cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (0.31 μg/g) and malvidin-3-O-glucoside (0.06 μg/g)
are the main anthocyanins in kidney bean (Dueñas et al 2015). Delphinidin (0.9–129.0 mg/100 g),
petunidin (0.7–115.0 mg/100 g) and malvidin (0.14–52.0 mg/100 g) glucosides are the three
anthocyamins quantified in seed coats of 15 bean cultivars from Mexico and Brazil (Mojica et al.,
2015). Study reported that seed coats of two black bean cultivars have the highest concentration of
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total anthocyanins (206 & 250 mg/100 g). The contents of cyanidin, pelargonidin, petunidin,
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malvidin, delphinidin and the total anthocyanindin in 26 kidney bean varieties ranged from 0–1.44,
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0–0.71, 0–0.41, 0–0.27, 0–4.45 and 0–5.84 mg/g bean coat DW, respectively (Kan et al., 2016a).
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Han et al. (2015) reported that anthocyanins were responsible for the pigmentation of the adzuki bean
The structures of flavonols (myricetin, quercetin and kaempferol) and flavones (apigenin and
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luteolin) identified in legume seeds is shown in Figure 3a and 3b, respectively. Myricetin 3-O-
rhamnoside (5.95 μg/g) and quercetin 3-O-rutinoside (5.24 μg/g) are the main flavonol glycosides
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identified in raw lentils. Apigenin 7-O-apiofuranosyl glucoside (6.20 μg/g), apigenin 7-O-glucoside
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(1.87 μg/g), and luteolin 7-O-glucoside (1.29 μg/g), are the main flavone glycosides identified in raw
lentils (Dueñas et al 2007). Seventeen percent of the total identified phenols in raw lentil are
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flavonols and dihydroflavonols (Aguilera et al., 2010). Kaempferol glycosides were the main
flavonols identified in raw lentils and the most common were kaempferol 3-rutinoside (5.95μg/g) and
kaempferol glucoside (3.66 μg/g). Alshikh et al. (2015) identified kaempferol dirutinoside as flavonol
in six lentil cultivars. Aguilera et al. (2011) reported that 4% of identified phenols in raw Pinto beans
were flavonols and these included quercetin glucoside (7.15 μg/g) and kaempferol glucoside (3.13
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μg/g) as main components. Quercetin (36.2 μg/g), quercetin glucoside (181 μg/g), quercetin
galactoside (46.9 μg/g), quercetin arabinglucoside (42.8 μg/g), quercetin rutinoside (38.2 μg/g),
dihydroquercetin (1.15 μg/g), kaempferol rutinoside (38.2 μg/g) and myricetin rhamnoside (212
μg/g) were identified in crude extract of adzuki bean (Amarowicz et al., 2008).
In red lentil acetone extract, kaempferol derivative (37.56 μg/g) and quercetin hexose acylated
(21.44 μg/g) were identified (Amarowicz et al., 2009). In crude extract of green lentil quercetin
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diglycoside (114 μg/g) was the dominant compound and other flavonols identified were quercetin
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hexose acylated (37.2 μg/g) and kaempferol glucoside(19.4 μg/g) (Amarowicz et al., 2010). Luteolin
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in the range from 21.8 to 77.1 μg/g was quantified in 11 lentil cultivars (Xu and Chang, 2010).
Luteolin 3´-7-diglucoside (4.55μg/g) was the main flavone identified in lentils (Aguilera et al., 2010).
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Alshikh et al. (2015) also reported presence of the same flavone in lentils. Kaempferol (6.09 μg/g),
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quercetin (4.02 μg/g), and myricetin (2.30 μg/g) are the free flavonols present in black cowpea seed
coats (Gutiérrez-Uribe et al. (2011). Mirali et al. (2014) used HPLC-MS method for identifying
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phenolic compounds present in the seed coats (black, green and grey) of 3 lentil genotypes. The
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contents of oligomeric flavan-3-ols were almost similar in all three genotypes, whereas luteolin
(including its glycosylated form) was more abundant in the genotype containing black seed coat.
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Total flavonols and flavones detected in immature seeds of ten faba bean varieties ranged from 101 to
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377 mg/kg fresh weight (Baginsky et al., 2013). Myricetin (18.8-119.5 mg/kg), myricetin glucoside
(9.9-41.9 mg/kg), quercetin galactoside (8.3-92.4 mg/kg), quercetin rutinoside (7.4-56.9 mg/kg),
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quercetin glucoside (5.1-25.9 mg/kg) and apigenin galactoside (8.9-168 mg/kg) were identified in ten
faba bean varieties. Quercetin and its derivatives are the flavonols present only in colored (round
purple) beans and they were absent in white kidney beans (García-Lafuente et al., 2014).
Most of the flavonols and flavones are concentrated in insoluble dietary fiber fractions of dark
beans and lentils (Dueñas et al 2016). Dark beans contain kaempferol dihexoside-rhamnoside
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(1.06μg/g) and lentils contain kaempferol (1.64 μg/g), kaempferol dihexoside (1.37μg/g), kaempferol
and quercetin-3-O-galactoside (7.2) were reported in Elmo chickpea variety (Magalhães et al., 2017).
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quantified in the range from 3.31 to 3.53 and 4.83 to 7.13 mg/g DW, respectively (Gen et al., 2016).
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Apigenin-8-C-glucoside (8.5 to 21.2 mg/kg), apigenin-6-C-glucoside (2.7 to 24.6 mg/kg) and
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luteolin-6-C-glucoside (1.4 to 11.3 mg/kg) were reported in field pea varieties (Magalhães et al.,
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2017).
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The flavanones identified in legume seeds are pinocembrin, naringenin, eriodictyol,
hesperitin, and sakuranetin (Figure 3c). The total flavanones present in Pinto and Cannellini beans
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were 10.87 and 7.06 μg/g, respectively (Aguilera et al., 2011). Sakuranetin (4.49 μg/g), eriodictyol
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(3.83 μg/g), naringenin derivative (1.29 μg/g) and pinocembrin (1.26 μg/g) were reported in Pinto
beans. Eriodictyol derivative (2.01 μg/g), sakuranetin (1.59 μg/g), pinocembrin derivative 2 (1.28
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μg/g) and eriodictyol (1.20 μg/g) were the identified flavanones in Cannellini beans (Aguilera et al.,
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2011). Naringenin (11.30 μg/g) and hesperitin (0.14 μg/g) are the flavanon-glycoside reported in
Total flavonoid content (TFC) in legumes such as chickpea, green pea, yellow pea, red
kidney, lentils and black bean depend upon growing location and post-harvest storage conditions. The
TFC reported in various legumes is shown in Table 2. The TFC of lentils ranged from 3.04 to 4.54
mg CE/g; common beans from 0.92 to 4.24 mg CE/g; yellow pea from 0.09 to 0.17 mg CE/g; green
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pea from 0.05 to 0.15 mg CE/g and soybean from 1.06 to 4.04 mg CE/g (Xu et al., 2007). Black and
red chickpea seeds contain 10 to 11 times more TFC than beige and regular cream colored chickpea
seeds (Segev et al., 2010). TFC in the range of 2840 to 6870 μg/g was reported in 11 lentil
cultivars (Xu and Chang, 2010). Horse gram, cowpea and chickpea flour extracts contains TFC of
8.6, 7.2 and 4.8 mg CE/g, respectively (Sreerama et al., 2012). 3345 μg/g flavanoids content is
reported in the soybean seed (Chung et al., 2011). Seed coats are the main contributors of the
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flavonoids in peanuts. TFC in seed coat, raw kernel and cotyledons of six peanut varieties was
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reported in the range of 31.68 to 85.17, 0.97 to 2.84 and 0.18–0.30 mg CE/g, respectively (Attree et
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al., 2015). In black cowpea seed coats, 10 times more flavonoids were reported compared to whole
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seeds whereas cowpea cotyledons are devoid of these compounds (Gutiérrez-Uribe et al.,2011). TFC
in seed coat and cotyledons of thirteen genotypes of faba bean ranged from 5.3–17.5 and 3.7–5.9 mg
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rutin equivalents (RE)/g sample, respectively (Chaieb et al., 2011). TFC in free, esterified and
insoluble bound forms in lentils was in the range of 0.01–0.80, 0.36–4.13 and 0.08-2.95 mg CE/g,
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2.3. Tannins
Tannins are the polyphenols having molecular weight ranging from 500 to 3000 D found in
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complexes with polysaccharides, alkaloids and proteins. These compounds can be classified as
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hydrolysable and non-hydrolysable tannins (condensed tannins). Tannins are primarily present in the
testa of legumes, playing important roles in the defense system of these seeds which normally get
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exposed to oxidative damage (from various environmental factors) (Shahidi and Ambigaipalan,
2015). Legumes with colored seed coats such as lentils, red beans and black beans contain high
amounts of condensed tannins (Amarowicz, and Pegg 2008). Condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins)
are oligomeric and polymeric flavonoids (flavan-3-ols) that release anthocyanidins and catechins by
heat treatment in alcoholic solutions. Condensed tannins of lentil, pea and faba beans consist of
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catechin, gallocatechin, epigallocatechin and epicatechin subunits (Jin et al., 2012). Among peas,
gallocatechin), whereas in lentils and faba beans it was prodelphinidin and procyanidin-type flavan-3-
ol subunits. Glycosides of catechin and (epi)afzelechin are the major subunits in proanthocyanidins
monomers (Ojwang et al., 2013). Catechin, epicatechin, gallocatechin and epigallocatechin are the
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subunits in oligomers of proanthocyanidins detected in lentil seed coat (Mirali et al., 2014). Studies
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proved that tannins vary in subunit composition among legume seeds.
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2.3.1. Condensed tannin content
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There is great variation in level of condensed tannin content (CTC) among commonly
consumed legumes (Table 3). CTC of lentil cultivars ranged from 3.73 to 10.20 mg CE/g; common
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beans varieties from 0.47 to 5.73 mg CE/g; soyabean cultivars from 1.06 to 4.04 mg CE/g; yellow pea
cultivars ranged from 0.22 to 0.59 mg CE/g and green pea cultivars from 0.23 to 0.61 mg CE/g (Xu et
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al., 2007). Legumes having colored or pigmented seed coats are natural source of condensed tannins.
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Seed coats of peanuts have high level of condensed tannins compared to kernel and cotyledons
(Attree et al., 2015). CTC in seed coat, raw kernel and cotyledons of six peanut varieties was reported
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in the range of 29.7 to 84.7, 2.88 to 4.73 and 1.74 to 3.75 mg CE/g, respectively. The highest levels of
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condensed tannins were found in lentils (Alshikh et al., 2015). CTC in free, esterified and insoluble
bound forms in lentils were in the range of 0.40–2.67, 0.64–4.20 and 0.03-5.57 mg CE/g,
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respectively.
Bean hulls had more CTC than whole bean (Madhujith et al., 2004). Tannins content determined
using vanillin method (expressed as absorbance at 500 nm/mg) in faba bean, broad bean, adzuki bean,
red bean, pea, red lentil and green lentil was 0.416, 0.093, 0.483, 0.434, 0.071, 0.577 and 0.545,
respectively (Amarowicz et al., 2004). The tannins content in crude extract, low-molecular-weight
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phenolic fraction and tannin fraction of adzuki bean was reported to be 136, 45 and 213 absorbance
units (Amarowicz et al., 2008), whereas in red lentil it was reported to be 70, 1.52 and 1.29
absorbance units at 500 nm/g, respectively (Amarowicz et al., 2009). Green lentils had more tannin
content as the values for crude extract and two fractions was obtained as 93, 1.92 and 252 A500/g
CTC ranged from 309 to 958 mg CE/kg in immature seeds of ten bean varieties (Baginsky et al.,
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2013). Condensed tannins are the main polyphenols reported in pigmented bean coats (Gan et al.,
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2016). The mean proanthocyanidin (PA) content reported in faba bean, pea and lentil is 654.3, 33.6
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and 329.4 mg/100 g fresh weight, respectively (Jin et al., 2012). Chickpea flour had the highest PA
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content (5.1 mg CE/g) than horse gram (3.8 mg CE/g) and cowpea (2.1 mg CE/g) flours (Sreerama et
al., 2012). Six cowpea phenotypes with different seed coat color (black, red, green, white, light-
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brown and golden-brown) contains PA content in the range from 2.2 to 6.3 mg/g DW (Ojwang et al.,
2013). Regular raw dark colored cranberry beans have 60- fold higher PA contents compared to raw
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light colored cranberry beans (Chen et al., 2015b). PA content varied widely in 26 kidney beans
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cultivars due to diversity in color of seed coat and it was observed in range of 10.52 to 57.13 mg
procyanidin B-2 equivalents/gram (Kan et al., 2016a). Moreover, proanthocyanidins were not
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3. Effect of processing
Phenolic compounds present in legumes are of nutritional interest. The changes in level of
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phenolic compounds during processing might modify the nutritional value of legumes. Milling,
dehulling, soaking, germination, cooking and fermentation are common in legumes before human
consumption. Germination process modifies phenolic composition of beans, peas and lentils
depending upon the germination conditions (López-Amorós et al., 2006). Lentils showed decrease in
antioxidant activity and functionality whereas peas and beans showed increase under similar
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germination conditions. Bartolomé et al. (1997) reported that germination does not change the level
of phenolic compounds, whereas fermentation increased the content of some individual phenolic
compounds. Increase in level of protocatechuic acid (1.10 from 0.36μg/g), p-hydroxybenzoic acid
(7.39 from 1.48μg/g) and catechin (17.53 from 7.31μg/g) was reported in fermented lentils compared
to raw lentils. TPC reported in fermented chickpea seeds (1.69 mg catechin/g DW) is higher
compared to germinate (0.99 mg catechin/g DW) and raw chickpea (0.54 mg catechin/g DW) seeds
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(Fernandez-Orozco et al., 2009).
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Cooking and germination brings important changes in bioactive compounds of legume seeds.
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Level of phenolic compounds increases during germination and decreases during cooking process
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(López-Martínez et al., 2017). Soaking, boiling and steaming processes significantly affected TPC
and antioxidant activities in green pea, yellow pea, chickpea and lentils (Xu and Chang, 2008).
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Soaking resulted in to loss of 2–12% of TPC in peas and chickpeas and 9–38% in lentils. In this
study, steaming treatments exhibited several advantages compared to boiling treatments and resulted
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into greater retention of TPC and antioxidant activities in legumes. The nutritional value attributed by
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phenolic acids does not changes significantly by overnight soaking of dry beans and 83% of the
phenolic acids were retained in 15 dry bean samples after cooking (Luthria and Pastor-Corrales,
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2006). Recent study reports that cooking and germination improves health-promoting properties of
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beans and lentils by bringing positive changes in phenolic composition (Dueñas et al 2016). TPC
remains stable even after 8 days of germination in kidney beans (Dueñas et al 2015).Study reports
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that germination decreases anthocyanins and flavan-3-ols levels and it was compensated with a higher
content of flavonols and flavanones in germinated kidney beans. Soaking of lentils increased the
dihydroxybenzoic acid level from 3.68 μg/g (raw lentils) to 39.20 μg/g and after cooking as well as
dehydration process lentils contained 31.69 μg/g of this phenolic compound (Aguilera et al., 2010).
Increase in the level of hydroxybenzoic acid might be due to the breakdown of insoluble phenolic
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compounds and disruption of cell wall during processing. Germination of pigeon pea improves TPC
and antioxidant activity by 30% and 63%, respectively (Uchegbu and Ishiwu, 2016).
Legumes with high level of free phenolics and flavonoids in their seed coats are more prone to
lose these compounds during soaking and germination (Gutiérrez-Uribe et al., 2011). TPC and
antioxidant activity decreased by 80% in lentils and 30% in yellow peas by seed coat removal, 22–
42% in lentils by soaking, and 16–41% in lentils, chickpeas and peas by cooking (Han and Baik,
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2008). Soaking of Cannellini and Pinto beans reduced the hydroxybenzoics by 95% and 81%,
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respectively (Aguilera et al., 2011). Dehydration of soaked and cooked Cannellini and Pinto beans
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slightly improved the hydroxybenzoic acid level as compared to soaking and cooking in this study.
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Hydroxycinnamics are lost due to leaching into cooking water or owing to breakdown during the
processing in lentils (Aguilera et al., 2010). Soaking reduced these compounds up to 42.7% whereas
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soaking, cooking and dehydrated exhibited lowest decrease (16.5%) in Cannellini beans (Aguilera et
al., 2011). Other phenolic compounds (catechins and procyanidins, flavonols and dihydroflavonols,
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flavones andflavanones) in lentils were significantly decreased by soaking, cooking and dehydration
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(Aguilera et al., 2010). Catechins and procyanidins were completely lost by dehydration, whereas
soaking showed 85% and soaking along with cooking showed 67% reduction in Pinto bean flours
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Flavonols and dihydroflavonols were drastically reduced (67%) in lentils after processing
(Aguilera et al., 2010). The treatment of lentil flour samples with enzymes (phytase, α-galactosidase,
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proanthocyanidins (Dueñas et al 2007). Chung et al (2011) reported low percent (47.1%) recovery of
phenolic compounds in tofu due to boiling, leaching in water, coagulation, filtering and whey
exclusion. Thermal processing of lentils releases some of the flavonols from bonded forms so there
level increases as compared to soaked samples. The level of kaempferol dirutinoside, kaempferol
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acetylglycoside, and kaempferol 3-glucoside increased after cooking of soaked samples. Flavones and
flavanones level decreased due to leaching and thermal/oxidative deterioration (Aguilera et al., 2010).
Dry heating, autoclaving and soaking followed by autoclaving affected the TPC and antioxidant
activity in chickpea and pea (Nithiyanantham et al., 2012). In this study, dry heating proved
beneficial as it caused smaller loss of TPC and antioxidant activity in chickpea and pea. Soaking,
cooking and dehydration cause significant decrease in the level of flavonols and flavanones in beans
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(Aguilera et al., 2010). The reduction in phenolic compounds observed during cooking might be due
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to the destruction of these compounds as well as chemical rearrangements such as binding of phenolic
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compounds with other organic materials (López-Martínez et al., 2017). Moreover, this might be due
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to the leaching of water-soluble phenolic compounds into the cooking water as discussed earlier.
However, the conditions of cooking process in which the phenolic compounds are not lost
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significantly can be developed in the future (López-Martínez et al., 2017).
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The antioxidant activity of phenolics is directly related to their chemical structures such
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degree of glycosylation and number as well as position of hydroxyl groups attached in relation to the
carboxyl functional group (Aguilera et al., 2011; Balasundram et al. 2006). These compounds make
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important a contribution to antioxidant activity due to their radical scavenging as well as metal
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chelating activity. Free radicals and metal ions have harmful effects on biological systems. Phenolic
compounds have ability to donate hydrogen atom or an electron to free radical to form stable
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intermediates. These compounds scavenge free radicals, decompose oxidation products and chelate
metal ions. Antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds present in edible grain legume seeds is of
interest and commonly reported in many recent studies. The antioxidant activities of various legumes
are shown in Table 4. Total antioxidant activity (TAA) of faba bean, broad bean, adzuki bean, red
bean, pea, red lentil and green lentil extracts was reported to be 0.88, 0.58, 1.76, 1.49, 0.30, 0.68 and
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0.75 µmol trolox/mg, respectively (Amarowicz et al., 2004). The ORAC values of lentil cultivars
ranged from 59.55 to 95.19 μmol TE/g; soybean cultivars from 35.1 to 131.3 μmol TE/g; common
bean varieties from 13.30 to 92.73 μmol of TE/g; yellow pea cultivars from 3.26 to 12.80 μmol TE/g
and green pea cultivars from 1.73 to 9.95 μmol TE/g (Xu et al., 2007).
The values of TAA reported for crude extract, low-molecular-weight phenolic fraction and tannin
fraction of adzuki bean were 1.76, 1.40 and 4.17 µmol trolox/mg (Amarowicz et al., 2008) and for red
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lentil these were 0.68, 0.33 and 5.85 µmol trolox/mg, respectively (Amarowicz et al., 2009).
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Germination and fermentation can further improve antioxidant properties of legume seeds due to
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increase in level of TPC (Fernandez-Orozco et al., 2009). In these studies, it was noticeable that the
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tannin fraction of adzuki bean and red lentil exhibited high antiradical activity compared to the crude
extract and low-molecular-weight phenolic fraction. The high antioxidant potential of some grain
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legume seeds is useful for their utilization in production of healthy foods. Green lentils had TAA
values of 0.75, 0.33 and 6.09 for crude extract and two fractions (Amarowicz et al., 2010). Chickpeas
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with black and red colored seed coats showed 30-31 folds more antioxidant potential than chickpeas
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with beige and cream colored seed coats (Segev et al., 2010). Free radical scavenging ability of horse
gram flour extract is reported to be higher (IC50 22.9 μg/ml) than chickpea (IC50 31.4 μg /ml) and
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cowpea (IC50 48.7 μg/ml) flour extracts (Sreerama et al. (2012). DPPH free radical scavenging
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activity (DPPH assay) for seed coat, raw kernel and cotyledon of six peanut varieties ranged from
25.8 to 28.8, 10.8 to 28.9 and 1.50 to 2.72 µmol trolox equivalents (TE)/g, respectively (Attree et al.,
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2015). The ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) values for seed coats, raw kernels and
cotyledons of six peanut varieties ranged from 626.3 to 1111.3, 19.4 to 62.3 and 2.04 to 4.15 µmol
Fe2+/g, respectively (Attree et al., 2015). Seed coat of peanuts is rich in phenolic compounds and they
contributed 88.2 to 95.8% of the total antioxidant capacity in these peanuts varieties.
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Legumes rich in phenolic compounds showed an interesting level of antioxidant capacity and
they are beneficial for health by the daily inclusion in human diet. Lentils have shown high oxygen
radical absorbing capacity (ORAC) values (66.97 μmol TE/g DW) due to their significant amount of
phenolic compounds (mainly flavonoids) present in the seed coat (Aguilera et al., 2010). Lentil
cultivars with high level of catechin, epicatechin and TFC have high antioxidant properties (Xu and
Chang, 2010). Antioxidant capacity of colored (Pinto) beans was more than uncolored (Cannellini)
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beans and it might be due to the presence of catechins and procyanidins in colored beans (Aguilera et
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al., 2011). The antioxidant activity of regular-darkening seed coats was higher (125.28–287.87 µmol
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TE/g) compared to non-darkening seed coats (2.11–10.09 µmol TE/g) in cranberry beans due to the
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difference in the level of free and conjugated phenolic compounds (Chen et al., 2015a). The ORAC
values of 96.2 and 38.3 μmol trolox/g were reported for Pinto and Cannellini beans, respectively.
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Soaking, cooking and dehydration led to a decrease in antioxidant activity in Pinto and Cannellini
beans and changes were more noticeable in case of Pinto bean owing to the loss of catechins,
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procyanidins and flavonols (Aguilera et al., 2011). Leaching of water-soluble phenols, oxidative
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reaction and solid losses during processing lowers the antioxidant activity of legumes (Aguilera et al.,
2011). Faba beans are a good source of natural antioxidant compounds and their antioxidant activity
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is substantially contributed by phenolic compounds present in seeds. The FRAP values of seed coat
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and cotyledons from 13 faba bean genotypes was reported in the range of 0.273-0.931 and 0.158-
0.766 mmol/g and DPPH scavenging capacity was reported in the range of 19.67- 32.76 and 1.24-
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11.97 %, respectively (Chaieb et al., 2011). Seed coats of 15 bean cultivars showed antioxidant
activity in the range of 185.2 to 233.9 mmol TE/g coat (Mojica et al., 2015). Seed coats of white and
black kidney beans exhibited lower (4.00 µmol TE/g) and higher (491 µmol TE/g) antioxidant values
among 26 tested kidney bean cultivars (Kan et al 2016a). Pigmented (red and black sword) bean coats
have high antioxidant potential and it is much higher than most of the common fruits and vegetables
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(Gan et al., 2016). Flavonoids and proanthocyanidins present in pigmented bean coats contribute
mainly to the antioxidant effect. Wang et al. (2016) determined the TPC and antioxidant activity of
few selected beans originating from China. Antioxidant capacities varied considerably (3.2 to 5.9
µmol trolox/g) in selected beans. A positive correlation was reported between total antioxidant
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Phenolic compounds are reactive in nature and are terminators of free radicals as well as
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chelators of metal ions that are capable to catalyze oxidative reactions (Ozcan et al., 2014). The
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health promoting activities of phenolic compounds depend on their structure, conjugation with
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phenolics and other compounds along with solubility, absorption and metabolism (Ozcan et al.,
2014). They affect many physiological activities owing to their antioxidant, antihypertensive and
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antibacterial activity. Phenolic compounds are known for free radicals scavenging, chelation and
stabilization of cations and modulation of antioxidant enzymes (Ozcan et al., 2014). They exert
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modulatory effect on different components of the cells having important role in cellular functions
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such as growth, proliferation and apoptosis (Crozier et al., 2009). Flavonoids, catechins and their
derivatives are used for therapeutic purposes due to their health beneficial properties.
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Phenolic acids and flavonoids are the most widely distributed phenolic compounds in legumes
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seeds with a potent antioxidant activity. The antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds present in
food legumes is of nutritional interest as it is associated with their health promoting effects. Phenolic
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compounds have a role in the growth inhibition of pathogens and decay of microorganisms.
Moreover, phenolic compounds have inhibitory activity against fungal amylase in vitro as determined
in edible beans (Telles et al., 2017). Besides antioxidant activity, phenolic compounds might also
play key roles in inhibition of lipase, -amylase and -glucosidase activities in vitro (Zhang et al.,
2010; Zhang et al., 2015; Tan et al., 2017). Inhibition of -glucosidase reduced the intestinal glucose
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digestion as well as absorption, which consequently controlled post-prandial glycaemic response
(plays important role in managing type 2 diabetes) (Balasubramaniam et al., 2013). They also pointed
that flavonols and not flavanols, were the most important contributing factors to the inhibitory action
of lentils against pancreatic lipase and -glucosidase. Myricetin present in black legumes (black
soybean and black turtle bean) showed strong inhibitory activity against -amylase, -glucosidase
and lipase (Tan et al., 2017). Anthocyanins, present especially in beans among legumes are pigments
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that not only impart the color but also have plenty of antioxidant activities responsible for the
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secondary health benefits such as acting as anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic agents, prevention of
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cardiovascular disease and having beneficial roles in the diabetes as well as obesity management (He
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and Giusti, 2010).
plaques that contain cholesterol as well as lipids in the arterial walls). Alshikh et al. (2015) reported
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the in vitro inhibition of cupric ion induced human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) peroxidation by
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lentils. Germinated pigeon pea exhibits more polyphenolic compounds than ungerminated counterpart
and is a excellent food source for controlling hyperglycemia and lipid peroxidation (Uchegbu and
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Ishiwu, 2016). Hertog et al. (1995) documented the role of phenolic compounds in prevention and
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cure of cancer and heart problems with an epidemiological study. Adebamowo et al. (2005) by their
epidemiological study indicated that among many flavonols and flavonol-rich foods present in the
diet, only the consumption of lentils or beans was associated with lower incidences of breast cancer.
The free phenolic extract of black cowpea seeds at a concentration of 188.1 mg GAE/l have inhibited
proliferation (65%) and reduced viability of mammary (MCF-7) cancer cells in vitro (Gutiérrez-Uribe
et al. 2011). Phenolic compounds in dark beans, especially anthocyanins proved to be the most active
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natural compounds with neuroprotective and antitumoral effects by performing studies on cell
cultures of astrocytes from human glioblastoma, melanoma, renal adenocarcinoma and breast
Health benefits of phenolic compounds are related to their antioxidant potential and protective
effects on free radical-induced chronic diseases (Xu & Chang, 2010). Antioxidant, antimicrobial and
modulation mechanisms of phenolic compounds have roles in preventing infectious and degenerative
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diseases (Ozcan et al., 2014). Consuming foods rich in phenolic compounds may reduce the risk of
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many health problems. Raw and processed dark beans are good source of natural antioxidants
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beneficial in health problems of high prevalence. Lentil cultivars rich in flavonols can be use as
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functional food and nutraceutical ingredients for promoting health, managing weight and preventing
diabetes (Zhang et al., 2015). Alshikh et al. (2015) reported that bioactivity of all phenolic
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compounds was confirmed by the in vitro inhibition of peroxyl radical induced DNA strand breakage
and therefore lentils should be an integral part of human diet owing to their beneficial health effects.
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antioxidant as well as high anti-inflammatory activity owing to the reduction in the cytokine mRNA
results confirmed that common beans should be included in the diet as they are great sources of anti-
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inflammatory agents and function as dietary complement for promotion of human health. High
concentration of anthocyanins (especially delphinidin) and phenolic acids (ferulic acid) reported in
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beans may have health benefits and they are commonly used as functional food ingredients (Mojica et
al., 2015). Beneficial properties of legumes seeds is related to phenolic content and composition
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6. Conclusion and future prospects
The presence of phenolic compounds in legume seeds along with their associated antioxidant
activities make them suitable agents for developing functional foods which can be a part of the daily
diet. Dietary intake of natural antioxidants such as phenolic compounds is an important part of the
defense mechanism in humans. With regard to these activities, along with known nutritional value
(especially as protein sources), it is beneficial to include legumes in significant quantities in the diet
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especially in the Western countries. However, there are still loopholes in the amount of available
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literature and more studies should be encouraged such as those involving clinical studies that could
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establish a strong relationship as well as develop guidelines for the human diet. Another thing that
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needs to be worked at involves the better knowledge of bioavailability of phenolic compounds
present in legumes that is important for the investigation of their health effects (whichever approach
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is employed). Moreover, most of studies done in legumes are based on identifying the aglycones
which are not essential metabolites present in blood owing to their extensive hepatic and intestinal
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A significant development has been made in the field involving cardiovascular diseases.
Phenolic compounds in sources such as legume seeds can be administered as food supplements as
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their positive roles have been pointed out by several biomarkers that are closely associated with
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cardiovascular disease. However, the evidence for protective effects of phenolic compounds against
neurodegenerative diseases and most cancers is still mainly derived from in vitro studies and animal
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experiments. Still phenolic compounds clearly improve the status of various oxidative stress
biomarkers and improve our health. More clinical trials and epidemiological studies should be carried
for an in depth analysis about the role of phenolic compounds in our health. Moreover, the effect of
processing as well as cooking methods on the content and nature of phenolic compounds in legumes
is an area that requires more investigation. There are many possibilities existing in this area for future
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studies. As legumes are easily available, safe to consume and relatively inexpensive than other foods
academic and governmental institutions can easily invest in studies involving these crops.
Acknowledgments
Authors are thankful to University Grants Commission, New Delhi for providing financial assistance
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Table 1: Total phenolic content and polyphenols reported in various grain legume seeds and their coats
Pulses Total phenolic Technique used Main identified compounds References
content
(i) Dry beans
Commercial bean 19.1 to 48.3 HPLC-DAD p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid and sinapic acid Luthria and Pastor-
varieties mg/100 g DW Corrales (2006)
Bean cultivars 11.2 to 25.3 mg Folin–Denis - Rocha-Guzmán et
CE/g DW al. (2007)
Commercial bean - HPLC-MS Delphinidin, petunidin, malvidin, quercetin Lin et al. (2008)
varieties
Bean coats 146 to 5798 mg Folin- Ciocalteu, Cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-galactoside, Gan et al. (2016)
GAE/100 g DW HPLC malvidin-3-glucoside, peonidin-3-glucoside,
kaempferol, quercetin, rutin, gallic acid
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Common beans 2.4 to 13.5 mol Folin–Ciocalteu, Gallic acid, vanillic acid, protocatechuic acid, Wang et al. (2016)
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trolox/g DW UPLC catechin, epicatechin, p-coumaric acid,
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Faba bean 117.8 to 157.6 Folin–Ciocalteu - Chaieb et al. (2011)
genotypes mg GAE/g DW
Immature faba 817.0 to 1337.8 Folin–Ciocalteu, Prodelphinidin dimers, (+)-Catechin, (-)- Baginsky et al.
bean seed varieties mg GAE/kg DW HPLC-DAD-MS Epicatechin, Quercetin 3-O-rutinoside, (2013)
Apigenin 7-O-glucoside, Myricetin-3-O-
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Myricetin
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(ii) Lentils
Lentil varieties - HPLC-MS Protocatechuic acid, catechin, trans-ferulic Dueñas et al. (2006)
(seed coats and acid, gallic acid, procyanidins, epicatechin,
cotyledons) apigenin, myricetin 3- ramnoside, luteolin 7-
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Green lentil seed 10.3 mg CE/g HCl method - Oomah et al. (2011)
and hull DW and 82.9 mg
CE/g DW
Red lentil seed 12.6 mg CE/g HCl method -
and hull DW and 87.2 mg
CE/g DW
Lentil seed coats - HPLC-MS Gallocatechin, procyanidin C1, malvidin-3- Mirali et al. (2014)
O-galactoside, myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside,
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glucoside, naringenin, luteolin
Pardina Lentils HPLC-PAC and Dihydroxybenzoic acid, Catechin 3-glucoside, Aguilera et al.
HPLC-MS (ESI) procyanidin, trans-p-coumaric acid, (2010)
kaempferol 3-rutinoside, kaempferol 3-
glucoside and luteolin 3-7-diglucoside
Aguilera et al.
(2011)
Lentil 47.6 ± 5.3 mg Folin-Ciocalteu - Zhao et al (2014)
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GAE/g extract
Lentil cultivars Free: 1.37–5.53 HPLC-DAD-ESI- Catechin, epicatechin, procyanidins B, methyl Alshikh et al.
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mg GAE/g MSn vanillate, procyanidin dimer A, and (2015)
Esterified: 2.32– prodelphinidin dimer A
21.54 mg GAE/g
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Chickpea variety 0.98 mg GAE/g Folin-Ciocalteu - Xu et al. (2007)
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Chickpea variety 2.2 mg GAE/g 4-aminoantipyrine - Han and Baik
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Table 2: Total flavonoid content (TFC) reported in various grain legume seeds and their coats
Legume seeds/coats Total flavonoid content References
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(i) Beans
Black turtle bean (crude extract) 70.2 mg CE/g Tan et al (2017)
Black soybean (crude extract) 49.6 mg CE/g
Kidney beans (26 cultivars) 0.19 and 7.05 mg RE/g Kan et al (2016b)
Red sword bean coat 432 mg CE/ 100g Gan et al (2016)
Pinto bean coat 4477 mg CE/ 100g
Adzuki bean coat 941 mg CE/ 100g
Broad bean coat 689 mg CE/ 100g
Black hyacinth bean coat 694 mg GAE/ 100g
Red Kidney bean coat 2635 mg CE/ 100g
Violet red kidney bean coat 2598 mg CE/ 100g
Big speckled kidney bean coat 3513 mg CE/ 100g
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Panda bean coat 546 mg CE/ 100g
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Small runner bean coat 2093 mg CE/ 100g
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Black mung bean coat 288 mg CE/ 100g
Green mung bean coat 330 mg CE/ 100g
Big rice bean coat 1106 mg CE/ 100g
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Horse gram flour 8.6 mg CE/g Sreerama et al. (2012)
Faba bean (13 genotypes) 5.19 to 8.61 mg RE/g Chaieb et al. (2011)
Black soybean 4.04 mg CE/g Xu et al. (2007)
Yellow soybean cultivars 1.06 to 1.24 mg CE/g
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Pinto bean 2.99 mg CE/g
Navy bean 0.92 mg CE/g
Red kidney bean 3.39 mg CE/g
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Pea seed coat (Mottled) 104 mg CE/ 100g Gan et al (2016)
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Pigeon pea seed coat 2651 mg CE/ 100g Gan et al (2016)
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Seed coat (6 peanut varieties) 31.68 - 85.17 mg CE/g Attree et al (2015)
Raw kernel (6 peanut varieties ) 0.97 - 2.84 mg CE/g
Cotyledons 0.18 – 0.30 mg CE/g
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Table 3: Condensed tannins content reported in various grain legume seeds and their coats
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Big speckled kidney bean coat 79.5 mg CE/ g
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Panda bean coat 12.5 mg CE/ g
Big runner bean coat 28.1 mg CE/ g
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Brown string bean 5.26 mg CE/ g
Climbing bean coat 19.0 mg CE/ g
Big rice bean coat 22.5 mg CE/ g
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Bean seed coats (15 cultivars) 60.6 to 369.3 mg GAE/g Mojica et al (2015)
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Raw cranberry bean (regular darkening) 1.63 – 2.89 mg PAC/g Chen et al (2015b)
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Faba bean 654 mg/100 g Jin et al (2012)
Horse gram flour 3.8 mg CE/g Sreerama et al. (2012)
Black bean cultivars 4.09 - 5.73 mg CE/g Xu et al. (2007)
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Red lentil cultivars 3.00 to 5.82 mg CE/g Zhang et al (2015)
Green lentil cultivars 3.36 to 7.80 mg CE/g
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Pea seed coat (Mottled) 7.56 mg CE/ g Gan et al (2016)
Pea (two cultivars) 294 & 367 mg/100 g Jin et al (2012)
Pea (acetone extract) 1.03 mg TAE /g Nithiyanantham et al.
Pea (methanol extract) 6.85 mg TAE /g (2012)
Yellow pea 0.22 to 0.59 mg CE/g Xu et al. (2007)
Green pea 0.23 to 0.61 mg CE/g
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Mottled cowpea coat 15.8 mg CE/ g
Cowpea varieties 2.2 – 6.3 mg/g Ojwang et al. (2013)
Cowpea flour 2.13 mg CE/g Sreerama et al. (2012)
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Chickpea 0.52 mg CE/g Xu et al. (2007)
Chickpea (acetone extract) 9.48 mg TAE /g Nithiyanantham et al.
Chickpea (methanol extract) 10.84 mg TAE /g (2012)
Chickpea flour 5.12 mg CE/g Sreerama et al. (2012)
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Pigeon pea seed coat 71.8 mg CE/ g Gan et al (2016)
Pigeon pea (3 accessions) 348 to 641 mg /kg Ferreira et al. (2004)
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Seed coat (6 peanut varieties) 29.7 - 84.7 mg CE/g Attree et al (2015)
Raw kernel (6 peanut varieties ) 2.88 - 4.73 mg CE/g
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Table 4: Antioxidant activity of various grain legume seeds and their coats
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(i) Dry beans
Broad bean (crude extract) 0.583 mmol TE/g Amarowicz and Shahidi (2017)
Black turtle bean (crude extract) 49.2 μmol TE/g Tan et al (2017)
Black soybean (crude extract) 23.7 μmol TE/g
Black bean 5.9 μmol Trolox/g Wang et al. (2016)
Kidney bean 5.2 μmol Trolox/g
Mung bean 3.7 μmol Trolox/g
Red bean 4.9 μmol Trolox/g
Red kidney bean 5.5 μmol Trolox/g
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Red sword bean coat 699 μmol TE/g Gan et al (2016)
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Adzuki bean coat 95.3 μmol TE/g
Broad bean coat 113 μmol TE/g
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Red Kidney bean coat 308 μmol TE/g
Violet red kidney bean coat 212 μmol TE/g
Big speckled kidney bean coat 288 μmol TE/g
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Panda bean coat 71.1 μmol TE/g
Big runner bean coat 118 μmol TE/g
Small runner bean coat 203 μmol TE/g
Brown string bean 37 μmol TE/g
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Climbing bean coat 94.7 μmol TE/g
Black mung bean coat 29.0 μmol TE/g
Green mung bean coat 29.7 μmol TE/g
Big rice bean coat 95.2 μmol TE/g
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Cranberry bean seed coat (dark coloured) 125.28-287.87 μmol TE/g Chen et al (2015a)
Cranberry bean seed coat (light coloured) 2.11- 10.09 μmol TE/g
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Adzuki bean (crude extract) 1.76 μmol Trolox/mg Amarowicz et al (2008)
Soybean 10.2 μmol TE/g Han and Baik (2008)
Common beans varieties 13.30 to 92.73 μmol of TE/g Xu et al. (2007)
Black soybean 131.3 μmol TE/g
Yellow soybean cultivars 35.10 to 44.23 μmol TE/g
Adzuki bean 1.76 μmol Trolox/mg Amarowicz et al (2004)
Red bean 1.49 μmol Trolox/mg
Faba bean 0.88 μmol Trolox/mg
Broad bean 0.58 μmol Trolox/mg
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Lentil cultivars:
Free phenolic compounds 0.01–0.48 μmol TE/g Alshikh et al. (2015)
Esterified phenolic compounds 0.07–0.44 μmol TE/g
Insoluble-bound phenolic compounds 0.04–0.42 μmol TE/g
Two lentil cultivars 1.70 & 2.22 mg EC 50 Fratianni et al. (2014)
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Green lentil seed 136.1 μmol TE/g Oomah et al. (2011)
Green lentil hull 955.6 μmol TE/g
Red lentil seed 134.8 μmol TE/g
Red lentil hull 1040.5 μmol TE/g
Raw Pardina Lentils 66.97 μmol Trolox/g Aguilera et al. (2010)
Lentil (11 cultivars) 38.9 to 82.0 μmol TE/g Xu and Chang (2010)
Green lentil (crude extract) 0.75 μmol Trolox eq./mg Amarowicz et al. (2010)
Red lentil (crude extract) 0.68 μmol Trolox/mg Amarowicz et al. (2009)
Pardina Lentils 14.8 μmol TE/g Han and Baik (2008)
Crimson lentils 14.0 μmol TE/g
Lentils cultivars 59.55 to 95.19 μmol TE/g Xu et al. (2007)
Lentil seed coat 0.05- 0.07 mg EC 50 Dueñas et al. (2006)
Lentil cotyledons 21- 29 mg EC 50
Red lentil 0.68 μmol Trolox/mg Amarowicz et al (2004)
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Pea seed coat (Mottled) 35.5 μmol TE/g Gan et al (2016)
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Pea (acetone extract) 29.40 g /g DPPH Nithiyanantham et al. (2012)
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Yellow pea hull 22.89 μmol TE/g
Yellow peas 3.4 μmol TE/g Han and Baik (2008)
Green peas 1.8 μmol TE/g
Yellow pea 3.26 to 12.80 μmol TE/g Xu et al. (2007)
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Pea 0.30 μmol Trolox/mg Amarowicz et al (2004)
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Red cowpea coat 112 μmol TE/g Gan et al (2016)
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Cowpea flour IC50 48.7 μg/ml Sreerama et al. (2012)
Black cowpeas (whole seed) 13.49 μmol TE/g Gutiérrez-Uribe et al. (2011)
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Chickpea dehulled seeds (17 lines) 0.06 to 0.19 mmol TE/ 100g
Raw chickpea seeds 26.39 μmol Trolox/g Fernandez-Orozco et al. (2009)
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