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Increase in Phytase Activity and Decrease in Phytate During Germination of Four Common Legumes

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Maximum phytase activity in four legume species, lentils, chick peas, broad beans and runner beans, was reached after 6 days of germination for chick peas and 8 days for the rest of them. In all legumes, the increase in phytase activity was accompanied by a concomitant decrease in phytate content. After 10 days of germination the decrease in phytate varied from 83% in broad beans up to 64% in runner beans.

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Kyriakidis, N.B., Galiotou-Panayotou, M., Stavropoulou, A. et al. Increase in Phytase Activity and Decrease in Phytate During Germination of Four Common Legumes. Biotechnology Letters 20, 475–478 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005488112582

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