Modification of glucosinolates in turnip greens (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa L.) subjected to culinary heat processes

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The consumption of Brassica vegetables has been related to improved health benefits due to their phytochemical components, such as glucosinolates, that induce a variety of physiological functions. Glucosinolate levels can be affected when they are submitted to heat treatments before consumption. This paper investigates, by an HPLC-DAD method, the effect of three cooking treatments on the nutritional quality of turnip greens. Fresh turnip leaves were homogenized with sand and Milli-Q water and centrifuged. They remained there for 3 h for natural autolysis. Samples, fresh and processed, were extracted with dichloromethane; the organic extract had been evaporated to dryness, was dissolved in acetonitrile and injected into the chromatograph. Eight compounds were identified: allyl-isothiocyanate, erucin, sulforaphane, iberin, napin, goitrin, benzyl- isothiocyanate and phenethyl-isothiocyanate. Napin was the major compound in all samples followed by goitrin. The best treatment is steam cooking, followed by pressure-cooking, while the boiling treatment produced a 60% loss
El consumo de vegetales Brassica se relaciona con buena salud debido a su contenido en glucosinolatos, componentes fitoquímicos, responsables de una variedad de funciones fisiológicas. Los niveles de glucosinolatos en las Brassica pueden ser afectados cuando se someten a tratamientos por calor, previamente a su consumo. El objetivo de este trabajo es investigar, mediante un método de HPLC-DAD, los efectos de tratamientos culinarios en la calidad nutricional de los grelos. Las hojas de grelo frescas son homogeneizadas con arena y agua Milli-Q y centrifugadas, dejándolas 3 h (37 °C) para su autolisis natural. Las muestras, frescas y procesadas, se extraen con diclorometano; el extracto orgánio se evapora a sequedad, se disuelve en acetonitrilo y se inyecta en el cromatógrafo. Se han identificado ocho compuestos: alil-isotiocianato, erucina, sulforafano, iberina, napina, goitrina, bencil-isotiocianato and fenetil-isotiocianato. La napina es el mayoritario en todas las muestras seguido de goitrina. El tratamiento que produce menos pérdidas es la cocción a vapor, seguido por la cocción bajo presión, mientras que el hervido da lugar a una pérdida del 60% del contenido

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Concepción Vieites-Outes, Julia López-Hernández & María Asunción Lage-Yusty (2016) Modification of glucosinolates in turnip greens (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa L.) subjected to culinary heat processes, CyTA - Journal of Food, 14:4, 536-540, DOI: 10.1080/19476337.2016.1154609

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© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited