Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile

Sarcocornia neei is a halophyte that grows on the coast of the Valparaiso Region of Chile. Studies related to its nutritional and functional value under wild and cultivated conditions are not available. Thus, in this study, a nutritional (complete proximal, mineral and dietary fiber analysis) and fu...

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Autores principales: Riquelme,Javiera, Olaeta,José Antonio, Gálvez,Lena, Undurraga,Pedro, Fuentealba,Claudia, Osses,Andrea, Orellana,Jaime, Gallardo,José, Pedreschi,Romina
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2016
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-162020160002000112016-10-07Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in ChileRiquelme,JavieraOlaeta,José AntonioGálvez,LenaUndurraga,PedroFuentealba,ClaudiaOsses,AndreaOrellana,JaimeGallardo,JoséPedreschi,Romina antioxidant dietary fiber proximal analysis seawater sustainability Sarcocornia neei is a halophyte that grows on the coast of the Valparaiso Region of Chile. Studies related to its nutritional and functional value under wild and cultivated conditions are not available. Thus, in this study, a nutritional (complete proximal, mineral and dietary fiber analysis) and functional characterization (total phenolics, β-carotene, hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidant activity (HAA and LAA) and ascorbic acid) were performed for wild and cultivated plants. Wild plants displayed higher amounts of compounds involved in stress defense mechanisms such as total phenolics, proteins, dietary fiber and ash. The mineral analysis revealed that Na+ and Cl- are the main ions accumulated in wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei that are present in significantly higher amounts in the cultivated plants. The functional characterization revealed higher amounts of dietary fiber, total phenolics and HAA in wild plants than in cultivated plants. Similar contents of β-carotene, LAA and ascorbic acid were found for wild and cultivated plants. The results from this study provide information on the potential of Sarcocornia neei to be consumed as a leafy green vegetable with important amounts of main nutrients and functional metabolites.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería ForestalCiencia e investigación agraria v.43 n.2 20162016-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202016000200011en10.4067/S0718-16202016000200011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic antioxidant
dietary fiber
proximal analysis
seawater
sustainability
spellingShingle antioxidant
dietary fiber
proximal analysis
seawater
sustainability
Riquelme,Javiera
Olaeta,José Antonio
Gálvez,Lena
Undurraga,Pedro
Fuentealba,Claudia
Osses,Andrea
Orellana,Jaime
Gallardo,José
Pedreschi,Romina
Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile
description Sarcocornia neei is a halophyte that grows on the coast of the Valparaiso Region of Chile. Studies related to its nutritional and functional value under wild and cultivated conditions are not available. Thus, in this study, a nutritional (complete proximal, mineral and dietary fiber analysis) and functional characterization (total phenolics, β-carotene, hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidant activity (HAA and LAA) and ascorbic acid) were performed for wild and cultivated plants. Wild plants displayed higher amounts of compounds involved in stress defense mechanisms such as total phenolics, proteins, dietary fiber and ash. The mineral analysis revealed that Na+ and Cl- are the main ions accumulated in wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei that are present in significantly higher amounts in the cultivated plants. The functional characterization revealed higher amounts of dietary fiber, total phenolics and HAA in wild plants than in cultivated plants. Similar contents of β-carotene, LAA and ascorbic acid were found for wild and cultivated plants. The results from this study provide information on the potential of Sarcocornia neei to be consumed as a leafy green vegetable with important amounts of main nutrients and functional metabolites.
author Riquelme,Javiera
Olaeta,José Antonio
Gálvez,Lena
Undurraga,Pedro
Fuentealba,Claudia
Osses,Andrea
Orellana,Jaime
Gallardo,José
Pedreschi,Romina
author_facet Riquelme,Javiera
Olaeta,José Antonio
Gálvez,Lena
Undurraga,Pedro
Fuentealba,Claudia
Osses,Andrea
Orellana,Jaime
Gallardo,José
Pedreschi,Romina
author_sort Riquelme,Javiera
title Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile
title_short Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile
title_full Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile
title_fullStr Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile
title_sort nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated sarcocornia neei grown in chile
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
publishDate 2016
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202016000200011
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