This might be a drawback for further application
as the natural additive. Additionally, it was found that hot
water rendered the extract with lower total phenolic and mimosine
contents than water extract. Although antioxidative activity
of all ethanolic extracts was higher than water extracts, based
on the same concentration, total antioxidative activity was
higher in water extracts, based on total volume. Additionally,
water is cheap, available and safe for consumption. Therefore,
water was used as an extraction solvent for further study.