Nutritional and bioactive compounds of adzuki beans cultivars using chemometric approach
Hou D, Yousaf L, Xue Y, et al. · Ciencia e Agrotecnologia · 2016 January 2
DOI 10.1590/S1413-70542016000100010
Objective
To investigate the nutritional composition and bioactive compounds in angularis and niponensis cultivars of azuki beans cultivated in the south region of Brazil.
Conclusions
The study concluded that the angularis and niponensis cultivars of azuki beans cultivated in the south region of Brazil have a well-balanced nutritional profile and contain significant amounts of bioactive compounds, making them a valuable addition to a healthy diet.
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Insights
Adzuki beans present anti-atherogenic, anti-thrombogenic and hypocholesterolemic effects, and the ratios PUFA: SFA and n-6:n-3 were considered appropriate for biological system maintenance of a healthy organism.
All samples showed polyunsatured fatty acids prevalence and nutritional indices and ratios considered adequate for biological system maintenance of a healthy organism. The grains presented significant contents of tocopherols and vitamin E activity, resulting in a high contribution to the dietary reference intake. Significant contents of iron, manganese and zinc were also found in the azuki beans, and they are very important mainly due to their function as cofactors in metabolic reactions. Phenolic compounds and flavonoids corroborated with other studies and contributed to the antioxidant activity.
