Retention factor (RF) = (Content After Processing / Content Before Processing) * Yield factor

mean RF value min max SD n # of references
 
Vegetables - Pod vegetables - Green bean, raw / Green bean, boiled
Flavonoids
Flavonols Quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside 0.8 0.53 1.42 0.27 10 1
Quercetin 3-O-rutinoside 0.78 0.47 1.23 0.24 10 1
mean RF value min max SD n # of references
 
Vegetables - Pod vegetables - Green bean, raw / Green bean, boiled
Polyphenols, total
Polyphenols, total Polyphenols, total 0.95 0.95 0.95 0 1 1