African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Characterisation of volatile compounds and flavour attributes of Lablab purpureus bean accessions

Kimani, E.
  • Kimani, E.
  • National Plant Breeding Station, Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Njoro, P. O. Njoro - 20107, Kenya.
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Matasyoh, J.
  • Matasyoh, J.
  • Chemistry Department, Egerton University, P. O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya.
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Kinyua, M.
  • Kinyua, M.
  • University of Eldoret, P. O. Box 1125 Eldoret, Kenya.
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Wachira, F. N.
  • Wachira, F. N.
  • South Eastern Kenya University, P. O. Box 170-90200 Kitui, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 17 March 2017
  •  Accepted: 06 July 2017
  •  Published: 12 June 2019

 ABSTRACT

The Lablab bean (Lablab purpureus) has potential of being an outstanding resource for human food and animal feed in tropical agricultural systems. The bean is however grossly underutilized due to anti-nutritional factors, which may affect its nutritive value and organoleptic properties. In this study, twenty-four (24) lablab bean accessions were assayed for sensory flavor characteristics and volatile compounds to identify acceptable selections for adoption and incorporation into a rationalized breeding program. Sensory tests were carried out by a panel of 11 trained evaluators. Volatile compounds were extracted using hexane and separated using gas chromatography. Sensory tests showed significant differences for the bitter taste (p≤0.05), with accession 10706 showing the highest odour and bitter taste levels, while accession 13096 had the lowest. Two hundred and sixty two (262) volatile compounds were identified and grouped into 12 classes. The major compounds were esters (46), terpenes and terpenoids (59), hydrocarbons (57), and alcohols (28). The retention times of the volatile compounds revealed an overall 89% similarity of the lablab bean accessions. Accessions showing lower levels of bitter taste are recommended for inclusion in the participatory evaluation stage of the breeding process.

 

Key words: Lablab purpureus, odour, flavour, taste, volatile compounds, underutilized crops.


 INTRODUCTION

Lablab, Lablab purpureus (L. Sweet) is a legume species that grows in the tropic and the subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. It grows in a diverse range of environments and is drought tolerant (Maass et al., 2010; Ravinaik et al., 2015). The species however has remained a minor crop in most regions where it is grown (Engle and Altoveris, 2000; Maass et al., 2010). Lablab is cultivated as a cover crop since its dense green cover
 
reduces soil erosion by wind or rain (Mureithi et al., 2003). It has multiple uses as human food and fodder crop for livestock (Maass et al., 2010). As human food, it is eaten as green pods, mature seeds and its leaves are used as vegetables. In spite of these qualities, lablab has not been utilised extensively.
 
Lablab has the potential of being an outstanding resource for tropical agricultural systems and in improving human food and animal feed as a vegetable, pulse and/or forage crop (Pengelly and Lisson, 2003). The crop has high protein quality (Mortuza and Tzen, 2009). Like other legumes, it is however reported to contain anti-nutritional factors, which may affect its nutritive value and organoleptic properties. Among the important characteristics considered in selecting dry bean varieties for production and consumption is good flavour quality (Scott and Maiden, 1998), where flavour comprises of odour and taste. In India, specific lablab cultivars are preferred and valued for their nutritional and sensory attributes (Venkatachalam and Sathe, 2007). Some dark seeded types of lablab beans have been reported to have a bitter taste that may persist even after prolonged cooking (Wanjekeche et al., 2000). Factors that have been reported to contribute to bitter taste in beans include cyanogenic glycosides (Seigler et al., 1989), polyphenols such as tannins (Bressani and Elias, 1980), minerals for example iron (Yang and Lawless, 2005); saponins (Heng et al., 2004; Shi et al., 2004) and the malliard reaction (Martins et al., 2001).
 
The volatile components of cooked lablab beans have particularly been associated with odour which may affect the beans overall acceptance by consumers (Kim and Chung, 2008). Seed colour and quality of lablab bean are also major selection criteria in breeding programs, in conjunction with other minor criteria, particularly where human consumption is being considered (Pengelly and Maass, 2001, Spence et al., 2010). However, there has been limited study on the quality aspects of the lablab bean. This study therefore aimed to determine the sensory characteristics and the volatile compounds of lablab bean accessions from Kenya.


 MATERIALS AND METHODS

Twenty-two (22) accessions of L. purpureus from the Kenyan National Gene Bank and Repository Centre at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO-Muguga, Kenya) and two varieties from farmers’ fields were used in the analysis of volatile compounds and sensory tests (Table 1). The accessions were bulked at the KALRO field, Njoro, Kenya (0° 20'S; 35° 56'E; 2166 m above sea level (asl)). The site receives an annual rainfall of about 960 mm with average maximum and minimum temperatures of 24 and 8°C with a mean of 14.9°C. The soils at this site are well drained, deep to very deep, dark reddish brown, friable and smeary, silt clay, with humic topsoil classified as mollic andosols (Jaetzold and Schmidt, 1983). The dry seeds were harvested,   cleaned   and   dusted  with  insecticide  (actellic  super powder) and stored at room temperature. Prior to use, the seeds were washed and air-dried to remove the insecticide before the tests were carried out.
 
Sensory evaluation
 
A panel of 11-trained evaluators tasted the dry cooked seeds from the lablab bean accessions. The samples were boiled in distilled water until cooked and five seeds from each sample were served to each panellist while warm (about 40°C) in identical containers. A complete random design (CRD) was used, with three tasting replicates, and the coded samples randomly presented. The sensory characteristics were evaluated through qualitative descriptive analyses where the bitter taste intensity of the accessions was ordered using five descriptive terms; trace, slightly intense, moderately intense, very intense and extremely intense; while the odour intensity was assayed by using a vertical mark on a 15 cm line scale as described by Quirien and Keith (2005).
 
For analysis of category scale for the bitter taste data, the categories were converted to numerical scores by assigning successive numbers to each category; 0 was assigned to the trace and 5 to extremely intense. For analysis of line scale odour intensity data, panelists’ marks were converted to numerical scores by measuring the distance in centimetres from the left or lowest intensity point on the scale to the panelists’ mark. The scores were converted using 0.5 cm = 1 unit score as suggested by Quirien and Keith (2005).
 
Analysis of volatile compounds
 
Extraction of volatile compounds
 
Dry lablab seeds of the 24 accessions were ground into fine powder using a mortar and pestle. The mortar and pestle were washed and sterilised between samples. The volatile compounds were then cold extracted from the powder using gas chromatography (GC) grade hexane (BDH, England) (Mestres et al., 2000). Fifty grams (50 g) of ground seed powder was put into a separating funnel and to it added 100 ml of hexane. The solution was mixed thoroughly before filtering into a 250 ml conical flask through a filter paper (Whatman 1, diameter 125 mm). The extracts were then concentrated by evaporating the hexane using a rotavapor (BÜCHI Rotavapor R-205 Labortechnik GmbH, Essen, Germany). The concentrated sample was poured into a 5 ml sample bottle and allowed to dry through evaporation at room temperature (in the dark). The samples were stored at -20°C before gas chromatography (GC) analysis.
 
Gas chromatography
 
One hundred microliters (100 µl) of hexane were added to the sample bottle the night before GC analysis to dissolve the extracts. Five microliters of the sample was injected into the gas chromatography system (Shimadzu GC Model GC2010, Tokyo, Japan) which was fitted with a 30-m fused silica open-tubular column (ZB-5, 0.25 mm i.d., 0.25 mm film thickness, Phenomenex) with phase composition of 5% phenyl and 95% dimethylpolysiloxane. The following were the operating conditions: Initial and final temperatures with the holding times of 32°C for 5 min and 195°C for 5 min, respectively; the ramp rate was 2°C/min. Flame ionisation detector (FID) was used at 250°C and injector temperature was 220°C. The volatile compounds were identified from the chromatogram (Figure 1) obtained from each sample by comparing the peak retention (kovats) indices with those found in available literature (Adams, 1995) and online database, Pherobase (El-Sayed, 2005) as discussed by Babushok et al. (2007).
 
 
 
Data analysis
 
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was done using general linear model (GLM) procedure using the SAS software Version 8.1 (SAS Institute, Inc., 2000) to determine the differences among the sensory characteristics and among the retention times of the volatile constituents. Means were separated using Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD) test. Correlation coefficients were determined to establish the relation between the quality variables (Bower, 2000). Pairwise similarity levels of the lablab accessions were calculated based on the retention times of the major peak areas of the volatile compounds and used to derive a dendrogram using MINITAB 11.12 statistical analysis software (MINITAB Inc, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, 1996). 


 RESULTS

Sensory evaluation
 
The odour score ranged from 2.68 to 3.60, with a mean of 3.12 while the score for bitterness ranged from 1.42 to 2.42, with a mean of 1.82 (Table 1). There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the odour of the 24 samples, though a significant difference was observed (p≤0.05) for the bitter taste parameter. Accession 10706 exhibited the highest means for both bitter and odour taste, while accession 13096 had the least means for the same attributes. Significant positive correlation was observed between odour intensity and bitter taste of the 24 L. purpureus accessions (r = 0.510, p≤0.05) and an insignificant positive correlation between the colour of the seed and the odour intensity (r=0.046, p>0.05) and bitter taste (r=0.027, p>0.05). The black, brown and speckled (dark coloured seeds with black spots) coloured accessions had varying intensities (high, medium and low) of both odour and taste (Table 1), showing no relationship of the level of bitterness and odour intensity with colour of seed. Both accessions that had the highest and lowest intensity for odour and bitter taste, 10706 and 13096, were brown in colour.
 
Identification of volatile compounds in L. purpureus accessions
 
The   volatile  compounds  in  the  assayed  L.  purpureus accessions were easily identified from the gas chromato-gram. A typical chromatogram from one of the assayed accessions is presented in Figure 1. The most common volatile constituents identified were terpenes and terpenoids, and their derivatives, which accounted for 46% of all the detected odour compounds (Table 1). A total of 262 major compounds were identified from the peaks with area measurement of above 100,000 in all the accessions (Table 2). The detected compounds were separated into 12 classes, namely alcohols (28), aldehydes (10), ketones (19), esters (46), acids (7), oxygen heterocycles (1), pyrazines (5), thiazoles (4), hydrocarbons (57), terpenes and terpenoids (59), phenols (5) and miscellaneous compounds. The most common compounds with characteristic odour description included; isopentyl alcohol (associated with fusel, alcoholic, pungent, etherial, fruity odour), 3,7,11-trime-thylhentriacontane, (E)-2-Octene, 7,11,17,21-tetramethyl-hentriacontane/7,11,17,25-tetramethylhentriacontane, 6-methyldotriacontane, norbornene, pentanol, 4-methyl thiazole (ripe, nutty, vegetable, tomato with a green tropical nuance odour), 5,9,13-trimethylnonacosane/ 5,9,15-trimethylnonacosane/5,9,19-trimethylnonacosane, methyl butyrate (pungent, etherial, fruity, perfumey and fusel with a fermented, cultured, creamy undernote odour), isopentyl formate (plum, dry earthy fruit green odour), 13,17-dimethylnonacosane, 13-methylhentriacontane, 9-methylhentriacontane, 7-methylhentriacontane, santene, heptanal/n-nonane, 5-methylnonacosane, 5-methylhentriacontane, 3,11,19-trimethylhentriacontane, 3,7-dimethylhentriacontane (Table 2) Some volatile compounds were unique to only one accession (Table 2). For example, 37 volatile compounds were unique to accession 28663. The following accessions also had volatile compounds that were unique to them: Bahati, 11741, 11719, 26932, 13086, 12158, 11736, 12000, Njoro, 12230, 13129, 11705, 12187, 11722 and 13096. 
 
 


 DISCUSSION

The utilization of the lablab bean for human consumption has been hampered by anti-nutritional factors that have impact on bean flavour besides the undesirable food colouring effect of the black variety (Waldmueller, 1992; Wanjekeche et al., 2000). In this study, it was established that the assayed lablab accessions had different bitter taste levels, with some being bitterer than others, similar to results obtained by Wanjekeche et al. (2000). Studies have shown that lablab accessions are highly diverse in most agro-morphological traits with diversity being greater in South East Asia than in Africa (Maass et al., 2010; Ravinaik et al., 2015). Based on the scores for bitter taste, the following accessions are recommended for inclusion in a rationalised breeding programme; 13096, 11722, 12187 and 11705. This study also established that the colour of the seeds did not have any relationship with the bitter taste and odour of the bean, with the accessions with highest and lowest bitter taste scores having a brown colour. This was contrary to findings from other studies that had shown a close relationship between intensity of seed colour and odour (Khah and Arvanitoyannis, 2003). This study however revealed a relationship between taste and odour (r=0.8). The correlation between the two quality parameters in this study is not unexpected and may be explained by the fact that both contribute to food flavour (Nursten, 1977). However, it should be noted that the correlation is not very strong, and further analysis on more accessions may need to be carried out to confirm the relationship.
 
Though the volatile profiles of the assayed accessions were different, there was a high level of similarity between accessions indicating a narrow genetic base for the lablab germplasm in Kenya. Analysis of molecular diversity of a larger gene pool of lablab accessions including those in this study had also revealed low genetic diversity of the accessions (Kimani et al., 2012). These findings suggest that any crop improvement efforts in Kenya are likely to be compromised by the low genetic diversity of progenitors in hybridization programmes and meaningful genetic gains can only be realised through deliberate germplasm enrichment programmes. Germplasm can be introduced into Kenya from South East Asia and other parts of Africa where some of the wild and domesticated lablab landraces have been established to be genetically diverse (Maass et al., 2005; Tefera, 2006). Some wild and undomesticated lablab can still be found to occur naturally in several African countries and these can be a rich source of genes for crop improvement (Verdcourt, 1979).
 
Data from the present study revealed that the volatile compounds identified in assayed accessions were slightly different from those identified in other studies. The compounds identified that were common in this study and that of Kim and Chung (2008) on lablab include pentanal, geranylacetone, heptanal, pentanol and (Z)-3-hexenol.
 
 
Differences in volatile compounds between the two studies may be due to the use of different extraction methodologies, growing conditions and the genetic differences of the accessions in the two studies. The compound 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine that was also identified in the Kenyan lablab accessions is thought to be the characteristic compound in the fermented bean aroma (Seo et al., 1996) and has also been identified in soypaste (Zhang et al., 2010). (Z)-3-Hexenol was identified in French beans (Hinterholzer et al., 1998) using gas chromatography/olfactometry (GC/O). Among the compounds identified in this study, 2,3-butanediol, heptanal, pentanol and pentanal were found to be present in the volatile isolate of kidney beans and soybean (van Ruth et al., 2004, 2005) isolated in a model mouth system and sampling of the headspace (van Ruth and Roozen, 2000). The presence of the odd numbered long alkanes identified in this study unlike in the other studies is due to the fact that the alkanes have poor volatility in steam (Radulovic et al., 2006) used in extraction methods. Some of the n-alkanes identified in this study such as n-docosane, hentriacontane, triacontane and tetracontane have also been identified in vanilla beans (Ramaroson-Raonizafinimanana et al., 1997). Pentanal, geranylacetone, heptanal, n-nonane, n-decane and n-docecane were also extracted and identified from dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), isolated by headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) (Oomah et al., 2007). Worth noting in this study is the accessions 11741 and 11719 that stood out distinctly in the dendrogram. These two accessions were most preferred by farmers, and ranked high in taste in a study carried out on sensory and cooking quality of lablab (Shivachi et al., 2012). The predominant volatile compounds in the two accessions are however different, indicating that their preference is attributable to different volatiles.
 
Apart from the volatile compounds assayed in this study, there are other major biochemical components of beans that would affect flavour but which were not evaluated here. These include lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, saponins, minerals and phenolic acids. Further, it should be noted that less than 5% of all the volatiles identified in foods have actually been found to contribute to the odour (Grosch, 2000). The compounds identified in this study are therefore not exhaustive and the actual volatiles that influence the characteristic odour of lablab may be identified by more sensitive quantitative measure-ments and more systematic sensory experiments of a large sample of lablab beans grown in different environments. The analysis carried out in this study is however important in the identification of the major volatiles that need to be assayed in more detailed studies. This is important because the flavour produced by the volatiles, which contribute to odour, may either be desirable or undesirable to consumers who are not familiar with the lablab. Volatiles associated with desirable   flavour   should    be identified  and  positively selected for, while those associated with non-desirable flavour should be selected against.


 CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

The authors have not declared any conflict of interests.

 



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