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Assessment Of Germination Time of Finger Millet for Value Addition in Functional Foods


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1 Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
2 Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, India
 

In the present study, finger millet (Eleusine coracana) grains of variety VL Mandua-315 were soaked overnight and germinated (25° ± 2°C) for varying time intervals ranging from 12 to 96 h. Samples were drawn at every 12 h interval, dried at 50° ± 2°C, deculmed, powdered and analysed for physicochemical composition, functional properties and mineral content. A significant increase (P ≤ 0.05) in sugars, crude fibre, ascorbic acid, antioxidant activity and water solubility index and decrease (P ≤ 0.05) in starch, protein and ash was found with increase in germination time. Fat, total phenols and tannins reached their minimal value after 48 h of germination followed by a linear increase. Water absorption index, oil absorption index, foam capacity and foam stability decreased with soaking, followed by a linear increase up to 60 h of germination. Amongst all minerals tested, calcium showed a significant increase with increase in germination time. A clustered heat map was used to depict the effect of germination time on the overall properties of finger millet.

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Clustered Heat Map, Finger Millet, Functional Foods, Germination, Physico-chemical Properties, Value Addition.
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Authors

Ashwani Kumar
Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
Amarjeet Kaur
Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
Kritika Gupta
Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, India
Yogesh Gat
Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, India
Vikas Kumar
Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004, India

Abstract


In the present study, finger millet (Eleusine coracana) grains of variety VL Mandua-315 were soaked overnight and germinated (25° ± 2°C) for varying time intervals ranging from 12 to 96 h. Samples were drawn at every 12 h interval, dried at 50° ± 2°C, deculmed, powdered and analysed for physicochemical composition, functional properties and mineral content. A significant increase (P ≤ 0.05) in sugars, crude fibre, ascorbic acid, antioxidant activity and water solubility index and decrease (P ≤ 0.05) in starch, protein and ash was found with increase in germination time. Fat, total phenols and tannins reached their minimal value after 48 h of germination followed by a linear increase. Water absorption index, oil absorption index, foam capacity and foam stability decreased with soaking, followed by a linear increase up to 60 h of germination. Amongst all minerals tested, calcium showed a significant increase with increase in germination time. A clustered heat map was used to depict the effect of germination time on the overall properties of finger millet.

Keywords


Clustered Heat Map, Finger Millet, Functional Foods, Germination, Physico-chemical Properties, Value Addition.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv120%2Fi2%2F406-413