Modelling folates reaction kinetics during cowpea seed germination in comparison with soaking.
Folates
Germination
Interconversion
Legume
Production
Journal
Food chemistry
ISSN: 1873-7072
Titre abrégé: Food Chem
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7702639
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Mar 2021
15 Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
19
12
2019
revised:
28
07
2020
accepted:
28
08
2020
pubmed:
12
9
2020
medline:
17
12
2020
entrez:
11
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Folate is a fundamental vitamin for metabolism in plants and humans. A modelling approach has been developed to characterize the reactivity of folates in cowpea seeds during germination at 30 °C, using a water-to-seed ratio of 1:1 (w/w). For this purpose, the concentrations of folic acid, 10-formylfolic acid, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, 5-formyltetrahydrofolate and tetrahydrofolate were determined in seeds during germination times up to 96 h. Two reaction models were sequentially built and adjusted to experimental data to describe changes in concentration in cowpea seed during two germination phases: before 14 h and after 48 h. Results showed intense enzymatic interconversion of all folate vitamers into 5-methyltetrahydrofolate before 14 h of germination and high enzymatic production of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, 5-formyltetrahydrofolate and tetrahydrofolate after 48 h of germination. This study suggests that a long germination process could be more beneficial than soaking to increase the production of bioavailable folates within the seed for human consumption.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32916403
pii: S0308-8146(20)31822-7
doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127960
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Tetrahydrofolates
0
10-formylfolic acid
134-05-4
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid
43ZWB253H4
Folic Acid
935E97BOY8
5-methyltetrahydrofolate
TYK22LML8F
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
127960Informations de copyright
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