The water-holding capacities of the oatechia samples were determined according to the procedure of Ade-Omowave, Taiwo,
Eshtiaghi, Angersbach, & Knorr (2003) with minor modifications.
Samples (2 g) were mixed with 25 g of distilled water and vigorously
mixed using a vortex for 1 min a homogenous suspension and
then held for 2 h, followed by centrifugation at 1590 g for 10 min.
Each treatment was replicated twice