Post conditioning, bran sample was placed in a glass petridish followed by spreading evenly to a thickness of 0.5 cm and exposing to the requisite microwave power density (2, 4 and 6 W/g) for a predetermined time of exposure(1, 3 and 5 min) using a domestic convective-microwave oven (Model: WP700L17-3 Padmini, India) operating in pulsed mode at 2450 MHz and having 700 W maximum power output