. 2023 Nov 8;12(22):4063. doi: 10.3390/foods12224063

Table 2.

Variations of total phenolic content, total saponin content, and total tannin content in whole and dehulled seeds of 22 faba bean cultivars.

Cultivar	Total Phenolic Content (mg GAE/g)		Total Saponin Content (mg DE/g)		Total Tannin Content (mg CE/g)
Cultivar	Whole	Dehulled	Whole	Dehulled	Whole	Dehulled
Abawi# 1	2.85 ± 0.08 ^ghi	3.39 ± 0.07 ^f (16.12) **	9.55 ± 0.32 ^ab	8.02 ± 0.69 ^a–d (−16.09) *	4.40 ± 0.20 ^d–g	3.45 ± 0.04 ^a (−21.57) **
Aguadulce	3.81 ± 0.12 ^cd	3.54 ± 0.10 ^ef (−6.85) ^ns	6.26 ± 0.83 ^ij	7.36 ± 0.44 ^a–d (14.98) ^ns	4.59 ± 0.11 ^c–f	2.95 ± 0.32 ^bc (−35.78) **
Algerian	2.76 ± 0.07 ^hi	3.07 ± 0.11 ^g (10.02) *	8.46 ± 0.62 ^b–e	8.12 ± 0.35 ^a–d (−4.02) ^ns	3.19 ± 0.27 ^ij	2.37 ± 0.14 ^fgh (−25.55) *
Alicante	3.54 ± 0.23 ^de	3.95 ± 0.18 ^bcd (10.35) ^ns	7.57 ± 0.84 ^d–h	7.63 ± 0.32 ^a–d (0.71) ^ns	5.11 ± 0.49 ^bcd	3.11 ± 0.17 ^b (−39.06) **
Ascott	2.14 ± 0.12 ^j	3.94 ± 0.01 ^bcd (45.63) ***	7.93 ± 0.21 ^c–g	8.67 ± 0.31 ^ab (8.61) *	3.44 ± 0.07 ^hij	2.07 ± 0.04 ^hi (−39.90) ***
Brocal	2.64 ± 0.23 ⁱ	3.31 ± 0.14 ^f (20.24) *	8.25 ± 0.18 ^c–f	7.75 ± 0.71 ^a–d (−6.08) ^ns	3.01 ± 0.40 ^ij	2.96 ± 0.14 ^bc (−1.70) ^ns
Domasna-2	2.96 ± 0.11 ^ghi	2.86 ± 0.07 ^g (−3.57) ^ns	7.09 ± 0.74 ^f–i	6.57 ± 0.50 ^de (−7.31) ^ns	4.18 ± 0.14 ^e–h	2.49 ± 0.11 ^d–g (−40.44) **
Domasna-1	3.54 ± 0.07 ^de	4.05 ± 0.07 ^bc (12.61) **	7.30 ± 0.81 ^e–i	8.81 ± 0.74 ^a (17.19) ^ns	5.44 ± 0.41 ^bc	2.63 ± 0.04 ^c–f (−51.75) **
Ethiopia 530	3.14 ± 0.08 ^fg	3.95 ± 0.05 ^bcd (20.51) **	7.30 ± 0.48 ^e–i	8.20 ± 0.23 ^abc (10.94) ^ns	3.62 ± 0.24 ^g–j	2.63 ± 0.17 ^c–f (−27.44) **
Giant Three Seeded	3.20 ± 0.17 ^efg	3.99 ± 0.19 ^bcd (19.83) *	6.64 ± 0.26 ^g–j	7.32 ± 0.70 ^a–d (9.29) ^ns	2.94 ± 0.09 ^j	1.93 ± 0.21 ⁱ (−34.19) **
Large Mazandaran	3.88 ± 0.16 ^c	3.74 ± 0.08 ^de (−3.62) ^ns	9.00 ± 0.87 ^a–c	7.19 ± 0.22 ^b–e (−20.16) *	7.84 ± 0.52 ^a	2.76 ± 0.08 ^b–e (−64.78) **
Levens Marschbohne	2.71 ± 0.18 ⁱ	4.01 ± 0.12 ^bcd (32.48) **	7.17 ± 0.77 ^e–i	7.86 ± 0.19 ^a–d (8.72) ^ns	3.79 ± 0.56 ^f–j	1.85 ± 0.13 ⁱ (−51.27) **
MMR-KJT-2010-K161716	2.31 ± 0.14 ^j	3.77 ± 0.21 ^cde (38.91) **	5.81 ± 0.27 ^j	7.35 ± 0.81 ^a–d (21.03) ^ns	5.23 ± 0.48 ^bcd	2.47 ± 0.14 ^efg (−52.88) **
Muchamiel	3.45 ± 0.21 ^def	3.83 ± 0.21 ^cd (9.92) ^ns	7.73 ± 0.30 ^d–g	7.99 ± 0.97 ^a–d (3.33) ^ns	4.87 ± 0.07 ^cde	3.50 ± 0.27 ^a (−28.09) **
NPL-JSW-2003-65	2.04 ± 0.01 ^j	3.36 ± 0.15 ^f (39.34) **	6.29 ± 0.38 ^h–j	6.74 ± 0.12 ^cde (6.63) ^ns	4.61 ± 0.17 ^c–f	1.96 ± 0.14 ⁱ (−57.59) ***
Pirkkonen	4.53 ± 0.10 ^b	3.42 ± 0.08 ^f (−24.67) **	8.78 ± 0.43 ^a–d	5.78 ± 0.14 ^e (−34.17) **	7.08 ± 0.93 ^a	2.34 ± 0.14 ^fgh (−66.99) **
Primus	3.11 ± 0.29 ^fgh	4.76 ± 0.09 ^a (34.81) **	7.59 ± 0.78 ^d–h	8.64 ± 0.65 ^ab (12.15) ^ns	4.97 ± 0.43 ^b–e	2.87 ± 0.27 ^bc (−42.29) **
Seville	6.11 ± 0.15 ^a	4.63 ± 0.19 ^a (−24.31) **	7.20 ± 0.47 ^e–i	8.39 ± 0.50 ^ab (14.22) ^ns	4.88 ± 0.51 ^c–e	2.17 ± 0.07 ^ghi (−55.49) **
Strumicka	3.41 ± 0.30 ^ef	3.45 ± 0.04 ^f (1.42) ^ns	6.63 ± 0.35 ^g–j	7.29 ± 0.34 ^a–d (8.96) ^ns	3.86 ± 0.14 ^f–i	2.06 ± 0.21 ^hi (−45.59) **
Tempranas De Machamiel	4.08 ± 0.11 ^c	4.77 ± 0.04 ^a (14.49) **	7.99 ± 0.38 ^c–f	8.06 ± 0.69 ^a–d (0.89) ^ns	5.83 ± 0.33 ^b	2.87 ± 0.04 ^bcd (−50.79) **
Yavneh	2.85 ± 0.17 ^ghi	3.07 ± 0.04 ^g (7.12) ^ns	7.20 ± 0.26 ^e–i	7.65 ± 0.11 ^a–d (5.99) ^ns	3.69 ± 0.33 ^g–j	2.60 ± 0.17 ^c–f (−29.71) *
Zborovicki	2.10 ± 0.06 ^j	4.17 ± 0.06 ^b (49.58) ***	9.71 ± 0.33 ^a	7.21 ± 0.46 ^a–e (−25.71) **	4.99 ± 0.11 ^b–e	2.63 ± 0.19 ^c–f (−47.25) **
Total range	2.04–6.11	2.86–4.77	5.81–9.71	5.78–8.81	2.94–7.84	1.85–3.50
Total mean	3.23	3.77	7.61	7.66	4.62	2.58
CV (%)	27.75	13.59	13.31	9.32	26.02	17.64

Superscript letters in a column indicate significantly different means between faba bean cultivars (p < 0.05). Values in parentheses indicate % increase (positive values) or % decrease (negative sign) after dehulling (^ns not significant, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01^, *** p < 0.001).