Results and discussion
Effect of germination periods and hydrothermal treatments
on proximate composition of legume sprouts is shown in
Tables 3 and 4, respectively.
The protein content of mungbean, chickpea and cowpea
increased by 5, 6 and 2% after soaking while the
corresponding increase during germination ranged between
9 to 11, 11 to16 and 8 to 11%. A significant (p≤0.05)
increase in protein content was found after germination for
12, 16 and 20 h. However, no significant variation in
protein content was observed among samples germinated
for different time periods. Khadar (1983) and Dogra et al.
(2001) also reported that the protein content of soybean
increased significantly after germination. On the other