4.2. Variability in phenolic content due to different PGR treatments
Natural phenolics exert their beneficial health effects mainly
through their antioxidant activity. These compounds are capable of
removing free radicals, chelating metal catalysts, activating
antioxidant enzymes, and inhibiting oxidases (Heim et al.,
2002). The contributions of total phenolics to the total TAC of
lentil seeds was reported previously (Amarowicz et al., 2003;
Fernandez-Orozco et al., 2003; Han and Baik, 2008). Recent data
(Amarowicz et al., 2009) demonstrated that phenolic acids from
red lentil extract participated in TPC about 20% which is in
agreement with our results. In our lentil extracts we have found
significant correlations between potent antioxidant capacities and