Wild edible fool's watercress, a potential crop with high nutraceutical properties
| Autor: | Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo, Ana María Adalid-Martínez, M. Pilar López-Gresa, Carla Guijarro-Real, Ana Fita, Jaime Prohens |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Total phenolics DPPH lcsh:Medicine 01 natural sciences Biochemistry General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Antioxidants chemistry.chemical_compound 0404 agricultural biotechnology Chlorogenic acid Caffeic acid BIOQUIMICA Y BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Food science Apium nodiflorum Flavonoids biology General Neuroscience Wild edible plants lcsh:R 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Food Science and Technology 040401 food science Watercress GENETICA chemistry Apigenin New crops Quercetin Trolox General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | PeerJ PeerJ, Vol 7, p e6296 (2019) RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 |
| Popis: | [EN] Background. Fool's watercress (Apium nodiflorum) is an edible vegetable with potential as a new crop. However, little information is available regarding the antioxidant properties of the plant and the individual phenolics accounting for this capacity are unknown. Methods. The antioxidant properties of twenty-five wild populations were analysed and individual phenolics present in the species reported and compared with celery and parsley. The antioxidant activity was measured as the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl hydrate (DPPH) free radical scavenging capacity, and the total phenolics content (TPC) via the Folin-Ciocalteu procedure. The individual phenolics constituents were determined via high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) as aglycones. Results. The average DPPH and TPC of fool's watercress were 28.1 mg Trolox g-1 DW and 22.3 mg of chlorogenic acid equivalents g-1 DW, respectively, much higher than those of celery and parsley. Significant differences for both DPPH and TPC, which may be explained by either genotype or environmental factors, were detected among groups established according to geographical origin. Quercetin was identified as the major phenolic present in the leaves of the species, unlike parsley and celery, in which high amounts of apigenin and luteolin were determined. Quercetin represented 61.6% of the phenolics targeted in fool's watercress, followed by caffeic acid derivatives as main hydroxycinnamic acids. Discussion. The study reports the high antioxidant properties of fool's watercress based on a large number of populations. Results suggest that quercetin accounts for an important share of the antioxidant capacity of this potential new crop. The study also provides a basis for future breeding programs, suggesting that selection by geographical locations may result in differences in the antioxidant properties. Carla Guijarro-Real is supported by the Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte of Spain (MECD) with a predoctoral FPU grant (FPU14-06798). There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
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