CARBOHYDRATES IN RAW AND GERMINATED SEEDS FROM MUNG BEAN AND CHICK PEA

The contents of hydrophilic extractives, lipids, protein, starch, non‐starch polysaccharides, Klason lignin and ash were determined in raw and germinated seeds of mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) and chick pea (Cicer arietinum). Several low molecular weight carbohydrates were found in the hydrophilic extractives. During germination, due mainly to their use as an easily available source of germinating energy, there was a rapid decrease of the raffinose family oligosaccharides in mung bean and a somewhat slower decrease in chick pea. Changes in the content and composition of dietary fibres during germination was small. Copyright © 1979 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd