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Table 2 Total and soluble protein contents in lentil grain, quinoa seeds and respective flours at different fermentation times

From: Nutritional and antioxidant changes in lentils and quinoa through fungal solid-state fermentation with Pleurotus ostreatus

Fermentation time (days)

Total protein content (g protein/100 g dry basis) and soluble protein fraction in TCA (g soluble protein/100 g protein)

Lentil grain (LG)

Lentil flour (LF)

Quinoa seeds (QS)

Quinoa flour (QF)

0

24.4 ± 1.5abc (12.7 ± 0.7d)

27.5 ± 0.9a (12.75 ± 0.15 g)

20 ± 2a (14.30 ± 1.15c)

25.5 ± 0.7a (18.5 ± 0.5c)

2

24.5 ± 0.7abc (12.1 ± 0.7 cd)

29.0 ± 0.3b (11.0 ± 0.2f)

20.4 ± 1.0ab (13.1 ± 0.4b)

27.7 ± 0.9b (20.0 ± 1.3d)

4

25.5 ± 1.3c (11.3 ± 0.3abc)

30.8 ± 0.4c (10.50 ± 0.04e)

21.7 ± 0.4bc (11.1 ± 0.4a)

28.2 ± 0.6b (16.67 ± 0.15b)

6

25.1 ± 0.6bc (11.3 ± 0.5abc)

30.3 ± 0.3c (10.34 ± 0.12e)

22.5 ± 0.2 cd (11.5 ± 0.2a)

30.8 ± 0.3d (16.1 ± 0.3b)

8

24.7 ± 0.4bc (10.6 ± 0.2a)

30.48 ± 0.15c (10.04 ± 0.05d)

22.9 ± 0.3 cd (12.6 ± 0.4b)

29.36 ± 0.10c (14.9 ± 0.2a)

10

24.5 ± 0.6abc (11.8 ± 0.4bc)

30.4 ± 0.7c (8.86 ± 0.02b)

23.8 ± 0.8de (11.1 ± 0.2a)

29.3 ± 0.7c (14.6 ± 0.4a)

12

23.1 ± 1.0a (11.1 ± 0.6ab)

31.9 ± 0.5d (8.26 ± 0.14a)

24.4 ± 0.4ef (11.5 ± 0.5a)

29.36 ± 0.09c (14.8 ± 0.3a)

14

23.8 ± 0.5ab (11.5 ± 0.5bc)

33.3 ± 0.2e (9.37 ± 0.09c)

25.2 ± 0.5f (11.0 ± 0.3a)

27.4 ± 0.7b (14.7 ± 0.3a)

  1. The results represent the mean of three repetitions with their standard deviation. abcdef lowercase letters indicate significant differences between the different fermentation times at the 95% (p < 0.05) significance level
  2. *Values in parentheses correspond to soluble protein fraction in TCA