Vanessa Chinelo Ezeocha

1 Introduction Legumes serve as vital sources of plant proteins and essential nutrients, offering significant dietary benefits. Legumes provide an affordable supply of protein and calories (Tas and Shah 2021). Consumption of legumes is increasingly being acknowledged all over the world for its contribution in lowering the risk of terminal diseases, which is linked to their dietary value and health benefits (Gaytán-Martínez et al. 2023).

1 INTRODUCTION Bread is a baked product produced primarily from refined wheat flour, which is widely consumed by old and young people throughout the world as a source of energy (Zhang et al., 2023).

1 INTRODUCTION Germination is the process initiated by water absorption by a dormant seed, culminating in the extension of the axis of the seed embryo, typically the radicle, which facilitates the release and/or synthesis of crucial hydrolases required for the breakdown of the cell wall matrix and the mobilization of stored biopolymers through depolymerization (Marti et al., 2020).