Abstract:
This research was aimed to study total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of residual extracts from 5 beans during germination which were black gram (Vigna mungo), red kidney bean (Phasecolus vulgaris L.), green bean or mung bean (Vigna radiate), soybean (Glycine max) and white bean (Phaseolus vulgalis Linn). White bean, black gram, mung bean and red kidney bean residues possessed increasing in total phenolic content during germination while phenolic content in soybean residual did not changed during germination. In addition, white bean, black gram and mung bean residues during germination showed increasing tendency in antioxidant property, however, decrement in antioxidant property were observed in red kidney bean and soybean residues during germination. The highest amount of total phenolic content and antioxidant property were observed in white bean residue germinated for 144 hours (2,232.5 µg GAE/g and 566.1 µg TEAC/g, respectively), which could be then utilized in cosmetics.