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Nutritional Characteristics and Bioactive Components Contents of Sophore fructus
Author(s) -
Hahm TaeShik,
Park SungJin,
Lo Y Martin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.2_supplement.751
Subject(s) - food science , rutin , chemistry , nutrient , polyunsaturated fatty acid , dietary fiber , fatty acid , antioxidant , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The purpose of this study is to determine the possibility of using Sophore fructus as natural health food source. To accomplish this purpose, the contents of general and antioxidative nutrients of Sophore fructus a were measured. The contents of carbohydrate, crude protein, crude lipid and ash are 65.50%, 14.10%, 2.10% and 4.51%. And the calories of Sophore fructus was 336.90Kcal. Total dietary fiber was 15.07% of total carbohydrates. The percentages of water soluble dietary fiber to insoluble dietary fiber were 0.94% and 8.93%, respectively. The protein were contained total 18 different kinds of amino acids. The contents of non‐essential and essential amino acids were 5,218.52 and 2,310.91. The K was the largest mineral followed by Ca, P and Mg, which means Sophore fructus is alkali material. The contents of saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids were 29.69%, 34.93% and 35.38%. Therefore, the amount of the total unsaturated fatty acid was higher than that of any other plant. The content of rutin, which is responsible for capillary vessel permeability, was 1.78%. The general nutrients and other antioxidatant bioactive materials in Sophore fructus were also potential materials for good health food. It is expected that follow up study of Sophore fructus through developing processed food and evaluation of their functional properties would provide useful information as a source of medicinal foods.