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Dietary fiber, amino acid, fatty acid and tocopherol contents of the edible seaweeds Ulva lactuca and Durvillaea antarctica

Authors :
Alessandro de Oliveira Rios
Paz Robert
Juan Carlos Araya
Jaime Ortiz
A. Osorio
Julia López-Hernández
C. Bozzo
Nalda Romero
E. Navarrete
Source :
Food Chemistry. 99:98-104
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2006.

Abstract

The nutritional composition of the edible seaweeds Durvillaea antarctica (frond and stem) and dried Ulva lactuca was determined, including the soluble (SDF), insoluble (IDF) and total (TDF) dietary fiber content, amino acid and fatty acid profiles along with tocopherols and tocotrienols (pro-vitamin E). Results show that U. lactuca contained 60.5 ± 1.5%, and D. antarctica frond and stem 71.4 ± 1.5% and 56.4 ± 0.4% of TDF, respectively. Levels for the different amino acids ranged from 0.7 ± 0.1 to 1508.4 ± 9.5 (mg/100 g protein) in U. lactuca, from 0.2 ± 0.0 to 2019.9 ± 5.2 (mg/100 g protein) in D. antarctica (stem), and from 0.3 ± 0.0 to 1052.6 ± 2.9 (mg/100 g protein) in D. antarctica (leaves). In the three seaweeds, the most abundant fatty acid was C18:1ω9cis which in U. lactuca accounted for 27.42 ± 2.60%; in D. antarctica it was 25.36 ± 3.10% and 25.83 ± 2.52% in leaves and stem, respectively. In D. antarctica, γ-tocotrienol (651.7 ± 5.1 mg/kg), δ-tocopherol (245.9 ± 3.7 mg/kg) and α-tocopherol (179.4 ± 12.1 mg/kg) were determined in fronds, α-tocopherol (258.0 ± 7.2 mg/kg) was determined in stem. U. lactuca, showed a high γ-tocopherol level (963.5 ± 3.8 mg/kg).

Details

ISSN :
03088146
Volume :
99
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Food Chemistry
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........0523cf3fdb090e51f3e9101921cd095f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.07.027