Table 4. Effect of soaking and germination of whole seeds on in vitro iron and zinc bioavailability*.
| Treatments | In vitro iron availability % | In vitro zinc availability % |
| Raw | ||
| Dorado | 9.07±0.92cd | 7.35±1.37c |
| Shandaweel-6 | 8.02±1.12d | 8.87±0.09bc |
| Giza-15 | 13.16±0.73bc | 9.73±2.87bc |
| Soaking | ||
| Dorado | 15.50±5.70b | 10.23±4.19bc |
| Shandaweel-6 | 14.62±0.94b | 9.07±0.52bc |
| Giza-15 | 20.75±1.20a | 10.72±1.11bc |
| Germination | ||
| Dorado | 17.38±0.37ab | 12.06±0.81b |
| Shandaweel-6 | 16.67±4.39ab | 18.30±1.07a |
| Giza-15 | 20.63±2.84a | 16.94±0.33a |
| L.S.D | 4.6263 | 3.1928 |
*Values are mean of three replicates ±SD, number in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p<0.05.