highly significantp < 0.01
For all moisture levels, MW treatment time had a highly significant effect ( p < 0.01) on the LA in the resulting flour, and the inactivation level achieved increased with increasing treatment time.
For all moisture levels, MW treatment time had a highly significant effect ( p < 0.01) on the LA in the resulting flour, and the inactivation level achieved increased with increasing treatment time.
As can be seen in Table 2 , the FFA content of flours treated for ≥4 min showed a decreasing trend with the increasing flour moisture content and this could be due to their lower lipase activity. 2.3.
Peak viscosity varied significantly with treatment time showing an initial increase (4–8%) and a subsequent decrease up to nearly 40%, while the variation in flour moisture level did not show a clear trend.
The recorded temperatures in the Teflon ® containers ranged between 60 and 121 °C, showing an increasing trend with increasing flour moisture levels and treatment time, as shown in Figure 1 .