Evaluation of nutritional value, characteristics, functional properties of Cymodocea nodosa and its benefits on health diseases

Lipids in Health and Disease

Research

Hafedh Belghith¹  Rihab Ben Abdallah Kolsi²  Karima Belghith²  Hichem Ben Salah³  Noureddine Allouche³  Saber Abdelkader Saidi⁴ 

[1] Enzyme and Bioconversion Unit, Biotechnology Center of Sfax, University of Sfax, PB 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia;Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology Applied to the Improvement of Cultures, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia;Laboratory of chemistry of Natural Substances, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, PB 802, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia;Laboratory of ecophysiology, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia;

关键词: Cymodocea Nodosa;    Nutritional value;    LC–ESI–ms/ms;    Biological properties;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12944-017-0626-z

 received in 2017-09-18, accepted in 2017-11-27,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNutritional fact study has prime importance to make the species edible and commercially viable to the food consumers. This is the first report that indicates the chemical characterization, functional, antioxidant and antihypertensive properties of Cymodocea nodosa to evaluate its nutritional status.MethodsPhysico-chemical determination was determined by colorimetric and spectroscopic analysis. The functional and texture properties were evaluated since a desirable texture should be retained. Bioactive substances were determined by liquid chromatography-high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS2 analysis. Health benefit of this plant was highlighting by the antioxidant and antihypertensive potentials.ResultsResults showed that the seagrass powder was characterized by a high content of fibers (56.4%), the fatty acids profile was dominated by the oleic acid, which represents about 62.0% of the total fatty acids and the functional properties proved important values of swelling capacity (6.71 ± 0.2) and water holding capacity (12.26 ± 0.25), that were comparable to those of some foodstuffs. Finally, the physico-chemical analysis shows the wealth in phenolic compounds, that could be explained by the high antioxidant and antihypertensive ability which was concentration dependent.ConclusionThe results from this study suggested that this marine plant could be utilized as a healthy food item for human consumption.

【 授权许可】

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