Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

Archaeological remains and historical documents demonstrate that a single-flower vetch has been cultivated in Italy from the early stages of agriculture. Some Italian communities have perpetuated the custom to eat its seeds still to the present. This is the case of people living in some villages of...

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Autor principal:	Angela Rosa Piergiovanni
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Materias:	culinary traits seed composition total phenolic compounds <i>Vicia articulata</i> Hornem Chemical technology TP1-1185
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eb105fb4d57b47a1ad7511c100edbbce2021-11-25T17:36:35ZNutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)10.3390/foods101128632304-8158https://doaj.org/article/eb105fb4d57b47a1ad7511c100edbbce2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2863https://doaj.org/toc/2304-8158Archaeological remains and historical documents demonstrate that a single-flower vetch has been cultivated in Italy from the early stages of agriculture. Some Italian communities have perpetuated the custom to eat its seeds still to the present. This is the case of people living in some villages of the southern Apulia region. In consequence of the high resemblance of the single-flower vetch (<i>Vicia articulata</i> Hornem.) seeds with those of lentils, the Apulian landrace is locally named “<i>lenticchia nera di Soleto</i>” (black lentil from Soleto). The evaluation of seed nutritional traits of this landrace revealed good macronutrient contents (proteins and starch, 28.4 and 42.4 g/100 g respectively), low trypsin inhibitor levels (4.08 TIU/mg), short cooking times after soaking (24–25 min) and a lack of broken seeds at the end of cooking. The coat content of total phenolic compounds (TPC) of the Apulian black lentil was comparable with that of the lentil <i>cv.</i> Beluga (68.23 vs. 66.14 mg GAE/g, respectively).Angela Rosa PiergiovanniMDPI AGarticleculinary traitsseed compositiontotal phenolic compounds<i>Vicia articulata</i> HornemChemical technologyTP1-1185ENFoods, Vol 10, Iss 2863, p 2863 (2021)
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spellingShingle	culinary traits seed composition total phenolic compounds <i>Vicia articulata</i> Hornem Chemical technology TP1-1185 Angela Rosa Piergiovanni Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
description	Archaeological remains and historical documents demonstrate that a single-flower vetch has been cultivated in Italy from the early stages of agriculture. Some Italian communities have perpetuated the custom to eat its seeds still to the present. This is the case of people living in some villages of the southern Apulia region. In consequence of the high resemblance of the single-flower vetch (<i>Vicia articulata</i> Hornem.) seeds with those of lentils, the Apulian landrace is locally named “<i>lenticchia nera di Soleto</i>” (black lentil from Soleto). The evaluation of seed nutritional traits of this landrace revealed good macronutrient contents (proteins and starch, 28.4 and 42.4 g/100 g respectively), low trypsin inhibitor levels (4.08 TIU/mg), short cooking times after soaking (24–25 min) and a lack of broken seeds at the end of cooking. The coat content of total phenolic compounds (TPC) of the Apulian black lentil was comparable with that of the lentil <i>cv.</i> Beluga (68.23 vs. 66.14 mg GAE/g, respectively).
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title	Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
title_short	Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
title_full	Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
title_fullStr	Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
title_full_unstemmed	Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
title_sort	nutritional characteristics of black lentil from soleto: a single-flower vetch landrace of apulia region (southern italy)
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/eb105fb4d57b47a1ad7511c100edbbce
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Nutritional Characteristics of Black Lentil from Soleto: A Single-Flower Vetch Landrace of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)

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