B-Vitamins Determination in Donkey Milk

Beverages

Silvia Vincenzetti¹  Valeria Polzonetti¹  Giuseppe Santini¹  Stefania Pucciarelli¹  Yulia Klimanova¹  Paolo Polidori² 

[1] School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Via Gentile III da Varano, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy;School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy;

关键词: donkey milk;    B-vitamins;    RP-HPLC;   

DOI  :  10.3390/beverages6030046

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Donkey milk is used in infant nutrition for the treatment of children affected by cow’s milk protein allergy, thanks to its hypo-allergenicity, mainly due to its protein profile, which is very close to that of human milk. Furthermore, donkey milk is characterized by the presence of a fair amount of bioactive proteins, that may have a positive impact on human health. Despite the presence of numerous articles that describe the chemical composition and nutraceutical properties of donkey milk, few works have been performed to determine its vitamin profile; therefore, the purpose of this work is to give further information on the B-vitamins profile of donkey milk. Methods: B-vitamins have been determined through a reversed-phase liquid chromatography analysis. Results: The results indicated that donkey milk (DM) contains thiamine 0.661 ± 0.26 μM, riboflavin 0.168 ± 0.04 μM, nicotinic acid 18.75 ± 1.92 μM, pyridoxine 5.38 ± 3.3 5μM, and folic acid 0.83 ± 0.08 μM. Conclusions: Donkey milk contains a high quantity of nicotinic acid, known for its lipid-lowering effect, and a good amount of vitamin B6 and folic acid, the latter very important for children’s growth. To notice, vitamin B6 has been determined for the first time in donkey milk.

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