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Biodiversity of Legume Health‐promoting Starch
Author(s) -
Mikulíková Daniela,
Masár Štefan,
Kraic Ján
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.200700693
Subject(s) - cultivar , starch , legume , crop , biology , resistant starch , agronomy , horticulture , food science
The content of retrograded resistant starch (RS 3 ) and RS 3 /total starch ratio was determined in 74 cultivars of six legumes currently found in human food. There were significant differences in individual crops as well as their cultivars. All analysed legumes (except soybean) are a suitable natural source of health‐promoting RS 3 . The highest levels of RS 3 were found in peas. There were extensive differences in RS 3 content and RS 3 /total starch ratio in the latter crop types. Higher resistant and lower total starch amounts were found in wrinkle seeded peas. Maximal RS 3 content was detected in Ctirad, Dinara, Royal Salute and Elkan cultivars. In smooth seeded peas, lower resistant and higher total starch were estimated. High RS 3 levels were also observed in lentils, especially in the LCMB12/58 and LCMB1941 cultivars. Similar RS 3 values were found in the chickpea, faba bean and kidney bean. The highest RS 3 levels were demonstrated in the kidney bean Ultima, Fabia, 545/97472 and 545/974532; chickpea Alfa, CM7185, BG004233, PK51814 and 88199; and faba bean Alfréd and Omar cultivars. No soybean cultivar was found to be a suitable source of RS 3 .