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. 2021 Jul 23;26(15):4442. doi: 10.3390/molecules26154442

Table 3.

Anti-nutritional and bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity, and colour parameters of raw and cooked GF fresh pasta enriched with 8 g/100 g of Apulian black (ABH) and kabuli (KH) chickpea hull, compared to control pasta (mean value ± standard deviation; two-way ANOVA was applied).

Parameters Raw Fresh Pasta Cooked Fresh Pasta
Control ABH KH Control ABH KH
Anti-nutritional compounds
Total phytates (mg/g phytic acid d.m.) 1.79 ± 0.04 ab 1.31 ± 0.06 d 1.41 ± 0.05 cd 1.87 ± 0.14 a 1.54 ± 0.17 bcd 1.62 ± 0.04 abc
Verbascose (mg/g d.m.) 1 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Stachyose (mg/g d.m.) n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Raffinose (mg/g d.m.) n.d. 8.39 ± 0.08 a n.d. n.d. 6.09 ± 0.37 b n.d.
Sucrose (mg/g d.m.) 7.52 ± 0.2 d 16.08 ± 0.68 a 9.02 ± 0.76 c 4.42 ± 0.28 e 11.75 ± 0.76 b 7.69 ± 0.07 cd
Bioactive compounds
Total phenolic compounds (mg/g ferulic acid d.m.) 0.29 ± 0.01 b 0.33 ± 0.02 a 0.31 ± 0.01 ab 0.14 ± 0.01 e 0.24 ± 0.02 c 0.18 ± 0.01 d
Total anthocyanins (mg/kg cyanidin 3-O-glucoside d.m.) n.d. 33.37 ± 1.20 a 2.87 ± 0.08 c n.d. 20.59 ± 0.11 b n.d.
Total carotenoids (mg/kg β-carotene d.m.) 0.66 ± 0.00 e 8.24 ± 0.04 a 1.97 ± 0.04 c 0.43 ± 0.02 f 5.86 ± 0.05 b 1.71 ± 0.05 d
Antioxidant activity (µmol/g Trolox 2 d.m.) 1.48 ± 0.06 c 2.15 ± 0.06 a 2.06 ± 0.02 ab 1.24 ± 0.05 d 1.92 ± 0.08 b 1.44 ± 0.11 c
Colour characteristics
L* 90.49 ± 0.84 a 69.43 ± 1.60 d 85.19 ± 0.62 b 80.80 ± 1.17 c 47.67 ± 0.51 e 70.48 ± 0.77 d
a* −0.16 ± 0.12 c 2.23 ± 0.11 b 2.02 ± 0.30 b −1.04 ± 0.12 d 3.14 ± 0.33 a 2.86 ± 0.09 a
b* 8.61 ± 0.42 c 12.16 ± 0.51 b 13.03 ± 0.86 b 8.98 ± 0.64 c 6.60 ± 0.39 d 17.51 ± 0.78 a

1 n.d. = not detected; 2 Trolox = 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid. Different letters in row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).