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Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food

Species of the genus Wolffia are traditionally used as human food in some of the Asian countries. Therefore, all 11 species of this genus, identified by molecular barcoding, were investigated for ingredients relevant to human nutrition. The total protein content varied between 20 and 30% of the free...

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Autores principales: Appenroth, Klaus-J., Sree, K. Sowjanya, Bog, Manuela, Ecker, Josef, Seeliger, Claudine, Böhm, Volker, Lorkowski, Stefan, Sommer, Katrin, Vetter, Walter, Tolzin-Banasch, Karla, Kirmse, Rita, Leiterer, Matthias, Dawczynski, Christine, Liebisch, Gerhard, Jahreis, Gerhard
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30420949
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00483
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author Appenroth, Klaus-J.
Sree, K. Sowjanya
Bog, Manuela
Ecker, Josef
Seeliger, Claudine
Böhm, Volker
Lorkowski, Stefan
Sommer, Katrin
Vetter, Walter
Tolzin-Banasch, Karla
Kirmse, Rita
Leiterer, Matthias
Dawczynski, Christine
Liebisch, Gerhard
Jahreis, Gerhard
author_facet Appenroth, Klaus-J.
Sree, K. Sowjanya
Bog, Manuela
Ecker, Josef
Seeliger, Claudine
Böhm, Volker
Lorkowski, Stefan
Sommer, Katrin
Vetter, Walter
Tolzin-Banasch, Karla
Kirmse, Rita
Leiterer, Matthias
Dawczynski, Christine
Liebisch, Gerhard
Jahreis, Gerhard
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description Species of the genus Wolffia are traditionally used as human food in some of the Asian countries. Therefore, all 11 species of this genus, identified by molecular barcoding, were investigated for ingredients relevant to human nutrition. The total protein content varied between 20 and 30% of the freeze-dry weight, the starch content between 10 and 20%, the fat content between 1 and 5%, and the fiber content was ~25%. The essential amino acid content was higher or close to the requirements of preschool-aged children according to standards of the World Health Organization. The fat content was low, but the fraction of polyunsaturated fatty acids was above 60% of total fat and the content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was higher than that of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in most species. The content of macro- and microelements (minerals) not only depended on the cultivation conditions but also on the genetic background of the species. This holds true also for the content of tocopherols, several carotenoids and phytosterols in different species and even intraspecific, clonal differences were detected in Wolffia globosa and Wolffia arrhiza. Thus, the selection of suitable clones for further applications is important. Due to the very fast growth and the highest yield in most of the nutrients, Wolffia microscopica has a high potential for practical applications in human nutrition.
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spelling pubmed-62158092018-11-12 Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food Appenroth, Klaus-J. Sree, K. Sowjanya Bog, Manuela Ecker, Josef Seeliger, Claudine Böhm, Volker Lorkowski, Stefan Sommer, Katrin Vetter, Walter Tolzin-Banasch, Karla Kirmse, Rita Leiterer, Matthias Dawczynski, Christine Liebisch, Gerhard Jahreis, Gerhard Front Chem Chemistry Species of the genus Wolffia are traditionally used as human food in some of the Asian countries. Therefore, all 11 species of this genus, identified by molecular barcoding, were investigated for ingredients relevant to human nutrition. The total protein content varied between 20 and 30% of the freeze-dry weight, the starch content between 10 and 20%, the fat content between 1 and 5%, and the fiber content was ~25%. The essential amino acid content was higher or close to the requirements of preschool-aged children according to standards of the World Health Organization. The fat content was low, but the fraction of polyunsaturated fatty acids was above 60% of total fat and the content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was higher than that of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in most species. The content of macro- and microelements (minerals) not only depended on the cultivation conditions but also on the genetic background of the species. This holds true also for the content of tocopherols, several carotenoids and phytosterols in different species and even intraspecific, clonal differences were detected in Wolffia globosa and Wolffia arrhiza. Thus, the selection of suitable clones for further applications is important. Due to the very fast growth and the highest yield in most of the nutrients, Wolffia microscopica has a high potential for practical applications in human nutrition. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6215809/ /pubmed/30420949 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00483 Text en Copyright © 2018 Appenroth, Sree, Bog, Ecker, Seeliger, Böhm, Lorkowski, Sommer, Vetter, Tolzin-Banasch, Kirmse, Leiterer, Dawczynski, Liebisch and Jahreis. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Chemistry
Appenroth, Klaus-J.
Sree, K. Sowjanya
Bog, Manuela
Ecker, Josef
Seeliger, Claudine
Böhm, Volker
Lorkowski, Stefan
Sommer, Katrin
Vetter, Walter
Tolzin-Banasch, Karla
Kirmse, Rita
Leiterer, Matthias
Dawczynski, Christine
Liebisch, Gerhard
Jahreis, Gerhard
Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food
title Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food
title_full Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food
title_fullStr Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food
title_short Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food
title_sort nutritional value of the duckweed species of the genus wolffia (lemnaceae) as human food
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30420949
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00483
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