1. Determinación del contenido de saponina y de proteína en genotipos de quinua (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) producidos en la costa central de Ecuador.
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Mestanza Uquillas, Camilo Alexander, Coronel Rivera, Jeniffer Alexandra, Véliz Zamora, Diana Verónica, and Vásconez Montúfar, Gregorio Humberto
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Purpose: Evaluating the protein and saponin content in quinoa genotypes is an important practice to define their production purpose and to be able to be marketed in markets that demand, for example, bitter or sweet quinoa. For this reason, this study aimed to determine the content of these components in 30 quinoa genotypes produced in the central coast of Ecuador. Methodology: For this purpose, a completely randomized experimental design was used with thirty treatments and three replications, evaluating variables such as: height of the foam column (cm), saponin content (%) and protein content (%). The methodology used to obtain data on saponin content was the Koziol foam method and the Kjeldahl method was used for protein. Results: As for the results obtained, the highest saponin content was recorded in treatments T19 and T30 with 0.86 and 0.78%, respectively, while the treatments with the lowest saponin content were T23 and T26, both with 0.00%. In terms of protein content, the treatments with the highest protein content were T26 and T28 with 19.82 and 18.65%, respectively, and on the other hand, the treatments with the lowest protein content were T20 with 12.23 and T5 with 13.54%. Conclusion: Finally, it was concluded that 76.67% of the genotypes were classified as bitter and 23.3% as sweet. Meanwhile, in relation to protein, a general average of 16.19% was recorded for all genotypes, which in terms of quality is relatively acceptable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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