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Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables

Recently there is a considerable interest in combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD) by manipulating carotenoid content and composition in plants through genetic manipulation to meet the daily requirements for vitamin A. In Malaysia and most developing countries many people survive largely on plant-bas...

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Main Authors: Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Othman, Rashidi
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Language:English
English
Published: Academic Sciences 2014
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RS Pharmacy and materia medica
SB Plant culture
TP Chemical technology
TP248.13 Biotechnology
TP934 Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc
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spelling my.iium.irep.379692017-09-25T07:26:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/ Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra Mohd Hassan, Norazian Othman, Rashidi RS Pharmacy and materia medica SB Plant culture TP Chemical technology TP248.13 Biotechnology TP934 Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc Recently there is a considerable interest in combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD) by manipulating carotenoid content and composition in plants through genetic manipulation to meet the daily requirements for vitamin A. In Malaysia and most developing countries many people survive largely on plant-based diets or monotonous consumption such as cereals and legumes that are poor sources of vitamin A. Ulam or traditional vegetables consumed by Malaysian comprise more than 120 species representing various plant leaves, fruits, seeds, tubers and roots are valuable sources of nutrients and pro-vitamin A. These pro-vitamin A compounds can profoundly protect our well-being or risk of disease throughout our lives. Therefore, identifying nutritional quality of food crops and its ingredients for VAD is one of the urgent health issues and research worldwide. This study established that traditional vegetables or ulam differ greatly with respect to types and concentrations of pro-vitamin A. A total of 22 ulam species were evaluated for quantitative and qualitative pro-vitamin A composition through HPLC analysis. Three main pro-vitamin A carotenoids were identified namely β-cryptoxanthin, α-carotene and β-carotene. These pro-vitamin A groups content and ratio varies between ulam species but were detected higher in cekur manis (68.44±0.23 μg/g DW), pegaga (2142.71±11.70 μg/g DW) and daun selom (3085.02±5.87 μg/g DW). Total retinol equivalent activity presented by these pro-vitamin A groups in every ulam species demonstrated that beluntas has the highest activity (656.59 μg/g DW). The information gathered in this study embarked that almost all of the ulam species are good and potent sources of pro-vitamin A. Academic Sciences 2014-03-27 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/1/37969_Quantification%20of%20pro-vitamin%20a%20activities.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/2/37969_Quantification%20of%20pro-vitamin%20a%20activities_SCOPUS.pdf Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra and Mohd Hassan, Norazian and Othman, Rashidi (2014) Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6 (supp 3). pp. 9-12. ISSN 0975-1491 http://www.ijppsjournal.com/Vol6Suppl3/8.pdf
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language English
English
topic RS Pharmacy and materia medica
SB Plant culture
TP Chemical technology
TP248.13 Biotechnology
TP934 Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc
spellingShingle RS Pharmacy and materia medica
SB Plant culture
TP Chemical technology
TP248.13 Biotechnology
TP934 Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc
Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra
Mohd Hassan, Norazian
Othman, Rashidi
Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
description Recently there is a considerable interest in combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD) by manipulating carotenoid content and composition in plants through genetic manipulation to meet the daily requirements for vitamin A. In Malaysia and most developing countries many people survive largely on plant-based diets or monotonous consumption such as cereals and legumes that are poor sources of vitamin A. Ulam or traditional vegetables consumed by Malaysian comprise more than 120 species representing various plant leaves, fruits, seeds, tubers and roots are valuable sources of nutrients and pro-vitamin A. These pro-vitamin A compounds can profoundly protect our well-being or risk of disease throughout our lives. Therefore, identifying nutritional quality of food crops and its ingredients for VAD is one of the urgent health issues and research worldwide. This study established that traditional vegetables or ulam differ greatly with respect to types and concentrations of pro-vitamin A. A total of 22 ulam species were evaluated for quantitative and qualitative pro-vitamin A composition through HPLC analysis. Three main pro-vitamin A carotenoids were identified namely β-cryptoxanthin, α-carotene and β-carotene. These pro-vitamin A groups content and ratio varies between ulam species but were detected higher in cekur manis (68.44±0.23 μg/g DW), pegaga (2142.71±11.70 μg/g DW) and daun selom (3085.02±5.87 μg/g DW). Total retinol equivalent activity presented by these pro-vitamin A groups in every ulam species demonstrated that beluntas has the highest activity (656.59 μg/g DW). The information gathered in this study embarked that almost all of the ulam species are good and potent sources of pro-vitamin A.
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author Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra
Mohd Hassan, Norazian
Othman, Rashidi
author_facet Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra
Mohd Hassan, Norazian
Othman, Rashidi
author_sort Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra
title Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
title_short Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
title_full Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
title_fullStr Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
title_full_unstemmed Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
title_sort quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ulam’ species or malaysian traditional vegetables
publisher Academic Sciences
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/1/37969_Quantification%20of%20pro-vitamin%20a%20activities.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/2/37969_Quantification%20of%20pro-vitamin%20a%20activities_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/
http://www.ijppsjournal.com/Vol6Suppl3/8.pdf
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