The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry"
Časopis "Poljoprivreda i šumarstvo"
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Year 2012, Volume 58 Issue 2
| Year : | 2012 |
| Volume : | 58 |
| Issue : | 2 |
| Authors : | Azra HADZIC, Josip COTA, Nevzeta SALMAN, Irzada HODZIC, Jelena COTA |
| Title : | THE TESTING OF NUTRITIONAL VALUES OF GERMINATED BEAN SEEDS IN DOMESTIC VARIETIES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
| Abstract : | The germination of seeds in cultivated plants is usually studied in terms of agricultural quality, but over the last few years, they have also been studied as possible sources of nutritional value as sprouts in diet. The sprouts of seeds in edible plants are recommended as dietary foods, since their nutritional content occurs in forms that are more acceptable to the human organism than in the case of raw beans. The tests run under this research included three local varieties of beans: Bosna, Darko and Igman, where the properties of dry grain (grain size, grain weight) and sprouts (stage of development, germination time, sprout length, weight of seedlings) were determined. The absorption of water at the stage of swelling, the content of the dry matter, water, protein, carbohydrates (total sugars, starch) and fats, and their energy values were all determined as well. The results of this research indicate that sprouts of commercial size may be produced in four days from seeds in the varieties Bosna and Igman, and in six days from seeds of the variety Darko. The ratio of weight between raw grains and sprouts differs among the varieties; hence 2.7 g of crude sprouts can be produced from 1 g of raw beans in the Bosna variety, 2.3 g from the Darko variety and 2.2 g from the Igman variety. The nutritional value of sprouts, when compared to raw seeds for all three varieties, changed on average, where the dry matter content is lower in sprouted seeds the (up to 52.48%), as well as total sugar (up to 16.45%), starch (for 81.4%) and fat (up to 45.39%) content. The only exception is the protein content, which is higher by 29.0% in sprouted seeds. |
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| Keywords : | beans, seeds, weight, nutritional and energy values |
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