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. 2024 Feb 5;21:101182. doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101182

Table 3.

Effects of pretreatments on anti-nutritional content in buckwheat and quinoa grains during germination.

Phytic acid (mg/g)
Tannin (mg CE/g)
Pretreatment Germination
Time (h)
Buckwheat Quinoa Buckwheat Quinoa
Soaking (S) 0 10.41 ± 0.56AB 10.85 ± 0.50A 0.40 ± 0.01A 2.11 ± 0.23B
12 11.38 ± 0.78A 3.60 ± 0.04B 0.21 ± 0.01B 2.63 ± 0.15AB
24 10.91 ± 0.02AB 1.78 ± 0.84C 0.40 ± 0.03A 2.77 ± 0.53A
48 10.90 ± 0.80AB 3.03 ± 1.11BC 0.25 ± 0.01B 2.77 ± 0.24A
72 9.39 ± 0.26B 2.10 ± 0.04BC 0.21 ± 0.00B 2.58 ± 0.08AB
Ultrasound (U) 0 10.41 ± 0.56C 10.85 ± 0.50A 0.40 ± 0.01A 2.11 ± 0.23B
12 13.18 ± 0.12A 8.54 ± 0.02B 0.16 ± 0.02C 1.79 ± 0.35B
24 12.22 ± 0.21AB 1.63 ± 0.19C 0.25 ± 0.02BC 3.17 ± 0.46A
48 10.70 ± 1.13BC 1.69 ± 0.62C 0.29 ± 0.05B 3.00 ± 0.28A
72 9.43 ± 0.88C 1.57 ± 0.36C 0.34 ± 0.02AB 2.45 ± 0.30AB
Thermo-Alkaline Hydrolysis (A) 0 10.41 ± 0.56AB 10.85 ± 0.50A 0.40 ± 0.01A 2.11 ± 0.23AB
12 10.44 ± 0.58AB 7.93 ± 0.31C 0.08 ± 0.01C 1.54 ± 0.05C
24 9.16 ± 0.14B 9.00 ± 1.02BC 0.18 ± 0.02B 2.60 ± 0.39A
48 11.82 ± 0.19A 9.96 ± 0.36AB 0.16 ± 0.00B 2.02 ± 0.12BC
72 10.63 ± 0.02AB 9.78 ± 0.09AB 0.07 ± 0.00C 1.88 ± 0.26BC

Data are means ± standard deviation. Data values with the same alphabetic superscript in a row do not vary significantly (p < 0.05). CE = Catechin equivalents.