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Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates
As the popularity of tropical fruits has been increasing consistently during the last few decades, nutritional and health-related data about these fruits have been gaining more and more interest. Therefore, we analyzed 35 samples of tropical fruits and vegetables with respect to folate content and v...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6770070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31454879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods8090363 |
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author | Striegel, Lisa Weber, Nadine Dumler, Caroline Chebib, Soraya Netzel, Michael E. Sultanbawa, Yasmina Rychlik, Michael |
author_facet | Striegel, Lisa Weber, Nadine Dumler, Caroline Chebib, Soraya Netzel, Michael E. Sultanbawa, Yasmina Rychlik, Michael |
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description | As the popularity of tropical fruits has been increasing consistently during the last few decades, nutritional and health-related data about these fruits have been gaining more and more interest. Therefore, we analyzed 35 samples of tropical fruits and vegetables with respect to folate content and vitamer distribution in this study. The fruits and vegetables were selected by their availability in German supermarkets and were grouped according to their plant family. All fruits and vegetables were lyophilized and analyzed by stable isotope dilution assay (SIDA) and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The results vary from 7.82 ± 0.17 µg/100 g in the horned melon to 271 ± 3.64 µg/100 g in the yellow passion fruit. The yellow passion fruit is a good source for meeting the recommended requirements, as just 110 g are needed to cover the recommended daily intake of 300 µg folate for adults; however, longan fruits, okras, pete beans, papayas, mangos, jack fruits, and feijoas are also good sources of folates. In conclusion, the study gives a good overview of the total folate content in a broad range of tropical fruits and vegetables and shows that some of these fruits definitely have the potential to improve the supply of this critical vitamin. |
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spelling | pubmed-67700702019-10-30 Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates Striegel, Lisa Weber, Nadine Dumler, Caroline Chebib, Soraya Netzel, Michael E. Sultanbawa, Yasmina Rychlik, Michael Foods Article As the popularity of tropical fruits has been increasing consistently during the last few decades, nutritional and health-related data about these fruits have been gaining more and more interest. Therefore, we analyzed 35 samples of tropical fruits and vegetables with respect to folate content and vitamer distribution in this study. The fruits and vegetables were selected by their availability in German supermarkets and were grouped according to their plant family. All fruits and vegetables were lyophilized and analyzed by stable isotope dilution assay (SIDA) and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The results vary from 7.82 ± 0.17 µg/100 g in the horned melon to 271 ± 3.64 µg/100 g in the yellow passion fruit. The yellow passion fruit is a good source for meeting the recommended requirements, as just 110 g are needed to cover the recommended daily intake of 300 µg folate for adults; however, longan fruits, okras, pete beans, papayas, mangos, jack fruits, and feijoas are also good sources of folates. In conclusion, the study gives a good overview of the total folate content in a broad range of tropical fruits and vegetables and shows that some of these fruits definitely have the potential to improve the supply of this critical vitamin. MDPI 2019-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6770070/ /pubmed/31454879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods8090363 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Striegel, Lisa Weber, Nadine Dumler, Caroline Chebib, Soraya Netzel, Michael E. Sultanbawa, Yasmina Rychlik, Michael Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates |
title | Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates |
title_full | Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates |
title_fullStr | Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates |
title_full_unstemmed | Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates |
title_short | Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates |
title_sort | promising tropical fruits high in folates |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6770070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31454879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods8090363 |
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