B. Xu and S. K. C. Chang, “Effect of Soaking, Boiling and Steaming on Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activities of Cool Season Food Legumes,” Food Chemistry, Vol. 110, No. 1, 2008, pp. 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.01.045

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Effects of Baking, Roasting and Frying on Total Polyphenols and Antioxidant Activity in Colored Chickpea Seeds

  AUTHORS: Aharon Segev, Hana Badani, Liel Galili, Ran Hovav, Yoram Kapulnik, Ilan Shomer, Shmuel Galili

  KEYWORDS: Colored Chickpea Seed; FRAP; Processing; Total Phenolics; Total Flavonoids

  JOURNAL NAME: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.3 No.3, March 21, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Chickpea lines with colored testa (seed coat) contain high levels of polyphenolic compounds that exhibit high levels of antioxidant activity. In a previous study, we showed that common processing procedures, such as soaking and cooking, decrease the levels of these bioactive compounds and subsequent overall antioxidant activity. The observed reduction in total phenolic content was due to the movement of polyphenols from the seed coat to the soaking or cooking water. Here, the effects of baking, roasting and frying processes were examined in relation to total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and ferric-reducing ability of plasma antioxidant activity (FRAP AA) of colored chickpea seeds. Baked, fried and roasted colored chickpea seeds had significantly higher levels of TPC, TFC and FRAP AA than regular cream- and beige-colored seeds subjected to the same treatments. In contrast to our previous results with soaking and cooking, baking, frying and roasting retained most of the TPC, TFC and FRAP AA in the final products. Thus, colored chickpeas subjected to these three processing methods might be considered a functional food in addition to its traditional role of providing dietary proteins.