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