Table 1.

Total phenolic content (mg·GAE·g⁻¹ dry weight) of ungerminated and germinated legumes.

	Black Beans	Mung Beans	Peanuts	Adzuki Beans	Soybeans	White Cowpeas
0 h	11.74 ± 0.07 t	5.80 ± 0.05 w	18.21 ± 0.15 k	12.21 ± 0.06 s	12.12 ± 0.09 s	7.79 ± 0.02 v
24 h	13.17 ± 0.10 r	11.47 ± 0.09 tu	26.89 ± 0.11 f	13.64 ± 0.17 q	21.46 ± 0.05 i	11.33 ± 0.09 u
48 h	13.62 ± 0.07 q	12.32 ± 0.36 s	28.71 ± 0.16 d	15.59 ± 0.05 n	21.61 ± 0.11 i	14.06 ± 0.08 p
72 h	14.20 ± 0.18 p	12.28 ± 0.13 s	29.39 ± 0.04 c	15.89 ± 0.05 n	23.92 ± 0.08 h	14.71 ± 0.07 °
96 h	13.47 ± 1.17 qr	12.47 ± 0.09 s	30.34 ± 0.09 b	16.57 ± 0.05 m	24.75 ± 0.15 g	16.29 ± 0.11 m
120 h	16.47 ± 0.14 m	14.97 ± 0.09 °	37.59 ± 0.18 a	16.96 ± 0.06 l	28.27 ± 0.11 e	19.46 ± 0.09 j

Means ± SD (standard deviation) that do not share a superscript letter are significantly different at 95% confidential level.