Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity in Seeds of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

ABSTRACT: Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of the most important pulses consumed in the world. Total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, total monomeric anthocyanin content and antioxidant capacity were determined, using ferric reducing antioxidant power and free radical scavenging activity, in 255 lines grown under the same environmental conditions. For all parameters analysed, there was a wide range of variability, with differences always above one order of magnitude. Phenolic compounds in beans with coloured coats were found to be more efficient antioxidants than those with completely white coats, and samples with more strongly coloured coats (red, cream, black, pink and brown) showed the highest antioxidant capacities. Based on the strong correlation detected between the variables,

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Madrera R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8071416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature