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. 2016 Nov 25;54(4):871–879. doi: 10.1007/s13197-016-2382-x

Table 3.

In vitro availability of nutrients in whole and dehulled germinated green gram

Nutrients Sample Digestible (g/100 g) Bioaccessible (mg/100 g)
Starch Protein Iron Zinc Calcium
A. Control Whole 14.20 ± 0.54 15.73 ± 0.49 1.07 ± 0.03 0.95 ± 0.04 28.55 ± 1.95
Dehulled 22.44* ± 0.61 16.84 ± 0.30 1.01 ± 0.03 1.02 ± 0.01 22.78 ± 0.57
B. Fe (100 mg) Whole 19.48 ± 0.26 15.98 ± 1.34 28.51 ± 0.00 0.71 ± 0.04 17.61 ± 0.71
Dehulled 24.96* ± 0.71 16.38 ± 0.55 8.11** ± 0.26 0.88** ± 0.03 15.04 ± 0.00
C. Fe (200 mg) Whole 18.11 ± 0.16 11.80 ± 0.43 56.51 ± 1.53 0.55 ± 0.02 13.22 ± 1.12
Dehulled 22.18 ± 1.14 13.87* ± 0.17 14.80* ± 0.519 0.94* ± 0.01 14.70 ± 0.32
D. Zn (50 mg) Whole 17.05 ± 0.38 12.32 ± 0.12 1.00 ± 0.05 3.6 ± 0.06 27.60 ± 0.91
Dehulled 21.97* ± 0.00 13.86* ± 0.31 1.11 ± 0.04 2.87 ± 0.06 20.20* ± 0.68
E. Zn (100 mg) Whole 17.84 ± 0.02 12.95 ± 0.17 0.97 ± 0.07 6.02 ± 0.19 21.05 ± 0.62
Dehulled 22.94* ± 0.26 14.86* ± 0.19 1.09 ± 0.01 5.11 ± 0.06 18.83 ± 5.91

Significant differences between whole and dehulled grains on application of ‘T’ test; * P ≤ 0.05; ** P ≤ 0.01, values without notation are not significantly different