Some of the above beneficial effects can be due to
antioxidant activities of polyphenols legumes contain (10).
Polyphenols are the most abundant antioxidants in our diet
(11). They exhibit a wide range of pharmacological and
medicinal properties, including anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic,
vasodilatory actions; which have been
mostly attributed to their free radical scavenging, metal
chelating, and antioxidant activities (12-14).
Generally legumes cannot be consumed without cooking.
The common domestic cooking procedure is pressure
cooking. Soaking in water is usually applied prior to
cooking to soften texture and reduce the cooking time (6).
The other treatment used in some occasion is cooking