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. 2023 Jul 15;28(14):5431. doi: 10.3390/molecules28145431

Table 4.

Non-thermal technologies to reduce and eliminate antinutrients in faba bean seeds. Symbol ↑ donate improvement and ↓ indicate reduction.

Non-Thermal Technology Processing Conditions % Major Toxin Reduction Reference
Extraction Protein concentrate
Protein isolate
↑Trypsin inhibitors increased by 64.79%
↓Vicine reduced by 8.5%
↓Convicine reduced by 12%
↓Trypsin inhibitors reduced by 80%
↓Vicine 100% reduction
↓Convicine 100% reduction
[34]
Alkaline extraction (pH 10.5); protein isolate ↓Vicine and convicine reduced by 99% [33]
Germination Time: 0–9 days; temperature: 20 °C ↓Vicine reduced by 0.7–9.8% [88]
Germination Germination at 24–72 h at 25 °C ↓Phytic acid content reduced by 53.46–61%
↓Condensed tannins reduced by 56–60%
[43]
Germination Time: 0–144 h ↓Trypsin inhibitors (TIU/mg) reduced by 26–38%
↓Phytic acid (mg/g) reduced by 55–58%
↓Condensed tannins reduced by 29–39%
[54]
Fermentation Fermentation with Lactobacillus plantarum (DPPMAB24W); time: 0–48 h; temperature: 30 °C ↓Convicine content reduced by 14–93%
↓Vicine content reduced by 35–96%
[29]
Fermentation using L. plantarum Fermentation with L. plantarum for 24 h at 25 °C ↓Phytic acid (mg/g) reduced by 8% [123]
Fermentation Fermentation with starter culture; time: 1–3 days at 30 °C ↓Phytic acid (mg/g) reduced 48–84%
[22]
L. plantarum (sourdough) 48 h at 30 °C ↓Vicine and convicine reduced by 100% [56]
Enzyme treatment Flour treated with phytase (0, 2, 10, and 20 U) for 1–24 h using L. plantarum ↓Phytic acid (mg/g) reduced by 15.46–90.72% [123]
Dry fractionation Micronized flour, protein-rich fraction, coarse-starch-rich fraction, wet-extracted protein fraction, deproteinated starch-rich flour Phytic acid (mg/g) content was 4.3, 10.5, 7, 10.2, and 1, respectively
Trypsin inhibitor (TIU/g) content was 10.5, 14.5, 5.8, 14.8, and 3.2, respectively
[124]
High-pressure processing Concentrate (600 MPa for 4 min) ↓Relative trypsin activity was reduced by 90.8% [125]