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Variability of provitamin A carotenoids in plantain: Influence of cultivar, bunch type, maturation stage, and location
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2020.
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Abstract
- In this study, the effect of ripening stage (R), cultivar (C), bunch type (T), and location (L) on the variability of provitamin A carotenoids (pVACs) in 16 plantain cultivars grown in Cameroon and Gabon was investigated. For the sixteen plantain cultivars, fruits were collected at stages 1 (unripe), 5 (ripe), and 7 (overripe) from three different bunch types (French, False Horn, and True Horn) across 13 locations in Cameroon and Gabon. For all cultivars, the highest concentration of carotenoids was found in ripe pulp (p < 0.05). For bunch type, a higher level of pVACs was observed in the French type compared with the False Horn and True Horn types at all ripening stages. In addition, the concentration of pVACs at each ripening stage varied greatly across locations. In both countries, the interaction between the four factors, particularly between R × C, R × T, R × L, R × C × L, and R × T × L, contributed significantly (p < 0.05) to the variability of pVACs in plantain. Daily consumption of 100 g of ripe plantain could meet 36.2–101.7 % of the dietary reference intakes (DRIs) for children 1–5 years old, 20.7–58.1 % for adult women, and 16.1–45.2 % for adult men. These findings can serve as a guide to reducing vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in Africa. ispartof: Journal Of Food Composition And Analysis vol:94 pages:1-17 status: published
- Subjects :
- Central and West Africa
EXPRESSION
GENES
030309 nutrition & dietetics
Daily intake
PROFILE
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
BIOSYNTHESIS
Cultivar
Carotenoid
Plantain
ACCUMULATION
chemistry.chemical_classification
0303 health sciences
BANANA GENOTYPES
Science & Technology
010401 analytical chemistry
Ripening
VITAMIN-A-DEFICIENCY
Carotenoids
0104 chemical sciences
Chemistry, Applied
Horticulture
Chemistry
chemistry
Provitamin a
Food Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS
MUSA SPP
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ddb9f18d3a8b49683ce6a760f43dd617