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Constitution of leguminous seeds VI. —The cookability of field peas (pisum sativum l)
Author(s) -
Rosenbaum T. M.,
Henneberry G. O.,
Baker B. E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740170602
Subject(s) - phytic acid , pisum , sativum , calcium , distilled water , field pea , chemistry , horticulture , food science , botany , biology , chromatography , organic chemistry
Cookability tests (single pea puncture) and phytic acid and calcium analyses have been performed on individual peas selected from two samples of field peas ( Pisum sotivum ). One sample (Avion brand) was judged by the supplier to have good cooking and the other sample (3CW brand) to have poor cooking qualities. There was a significant correlation between the cookability of individual peas (seed coats removed) and their phytic acid content when the peas were cooked in distilled water. There was no such correlation between cookability and calcium content, but there was a correlation between cookability and the ratio of the calcium contents to the phytic acid contents of the peas. The difference between the average cookability of Avion peas and 3CW peas in water containing calcium does not appear to be related to differences in the average phytic acid or calcium contents of the two samples.