[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "EFFECT OF SPROUTING TIME ON PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND ASCORBIC ACID LEVEL OF MUNG BEAN (VIGNA RADIATE L.) AND CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) SEEDS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Masood",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Shah",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Zeb",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2014]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "24",
  "issue": "3",
  "page": "850-859",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different sprouting times on proximate composition, total energy and ascorbic acid content of mung bean (<em>Vigna radiate&nbsp;</em>L.) and chickpea (<em>Cicer arietinum&nbsp;</em>L.) seeds. Seeds were sprouted for 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 h under dark at 25 &deg;C &plusmn;2. Moisture contents, crude protein, ash and crude fiber contents were significantly increased from 9.75 %, 20.65 %, 2.75 % and 5.65 % to 62.67 %, 26.80 %, 3.67 % and 8.96 % respectively after 120 h of sprouting. While crude fat, carbohydrate and total energy content significantly decreased from 3.79 %, 57.41 % and 346.3 kcal 100 g-1 to 2.97 %, 47.75 % and 325.3 kcal 100 g-1 respectively after 120 h of sprouting. Higher percent improvement over control in moisture, ash and crude protein was recorded in chickpea than mung bean seeds. In contrast more % losses over control in crude fat, carbohydrates and total energy were found in mung bean than chickpea seeds after 120 h sprouting. Ascorbic acid contents in mung bean and chickpea increased significantly from zero to 20.78 mg 100 g-1 and 9.94 mg 100 g-1 respectively after 120 h of sprouting. Improvement in ascorbic acid over control samples was greater in mung bean (3700 %) than chickpea sprouts (994 %). It can be concluded from the study that sprouting for 120 h brought maximum improvement in the nutritional quality of mung bean and chickpea.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-120"
}]