Bioactive compounds and antioxidant characterization of three edible wild plants traditionally consumed in the Umbria Region (Central Italy): Bunias erucago L. (corn rocket), Lactuca perennis L. (mountain lettuce) and Papaver rhoeas L. (poppy)
| Title: | Bioactive compounds and antioxidant characterization of three edible wild plants traditionally consumed in the Umbria Region (Central Italy): Bunias erucago L. (corn rocket), Lactuca perennis L. (mountain lettuce) and Papaver rhoeas L. (poppy) |
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| Authors: | Angela Maurizi, Alfredo De Michele, Aldo Ranfa, Anna Ricci, Valentina Roscini, Roberto Coli, Mara Bodesmo, Giovanni Burini |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Vol 88, Iss 1 (2015) |
| Publisher Information: | Julius Kühn-Institut, 2015. |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Collection: | LCC:Plant culture LCC:Botany |
| Subject Terms: | edible wild plants, proximate analysis, HPLC tocopherols, -carotene and vitamin C, antioxidant capacity, bioactive compounds., Plant culture, SB1-1110, Botany, QK1-989 |
| More Details: | The leaves of three edible wild plants, Bunias erucago L. (Corn rocket), Lactuca perennis L. (Mountain lettuce) and Papaver rhoaes L. (Poppy) were analysed for their proximate composition, some nutraceutical components and total antioxidant capacity. The protein levels ranged from 2.7 to 4.1 g/100 g of the edible portion. The range of dietary fibre content was 3.8 to 6.4 g/100 g of the edible portion. The amount of ash, carbohydrate and lipid ranged from 1.7 to 1.9, 3.3 to 4.4 and 0.22to 0.45 g/100 g of the edible portion, respectively. Lipids consisted mainly of polyunsaturated fatty acids with the highest value for the Bunias erucago L. (71.8 % of total fatty acids) and Lactuca perennis L. (70.0 %). Potassium (374.0-521.0 mg/100 g) and calcium (204.8-331.8 mg/100 g) were the most representative macro-elements in the species studied. The values of vitamin E, b-carotene and total vitamin C are included in the range from 0.91 to 2.61 mg/100 g, from 1,957 to 2,631 mg/100 g and from 19.2 to 31.0 mg/100 g, respectively. Our results showed that the total antioxidant capacity performed by the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) method, which ranges from 27.2 to 63.7 μmol TE/g, is highly justifiable by the high content of phenolic compounds (159-246 mg GAE/100 g). |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1613-9216 1439-040X |
| Relation: | https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/3474; https://doaj.org/toc/1613-9216; https://doaj.org/toc/1439-040X |
| DOI: | 10.5073/JABFQ.2015.088.015 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/936e9ab859394032aab17709e0cb5252 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.936e9ab859394032aab17709e0cb5252 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16139216 1439040X |
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| DOI: | 10.5073/JABFQ.2015.088.015 |
| Published in: | Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality |
| Language: | English |