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Productive and Qualitative Traits of Amaranthus Cruentus L.: An Unconventional Healthy Ingredient in Animal Feed
- Source :
- Animals, Volume 10, Issue 8, Animals, Vol 10, Iss 1428, p 1428 (2020), Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020.
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Abstract
- Agronomic traits, oil content, fatty acid composition, antioxidant activity, and total phenolic content were studied on eight A. cruentus accessions cultivated in Southern Italy. A one-way ANOVA model was performed to compare accessions and the Principal Components Analysis was applied to identify patterns in our dataset and highlight similarities and differences. A. cruentus showed valuable seed yield (0.27 kg/m2, on average) comparable to the main tradition cereals used for animal feeding. Seed-oil composition showed significant differences among the accessions. Data showed a higher lipid content than most cereal grains (from 5.6 to 7.3%). Approximately 60% of fatty acids were unsaturated<br />linoleic fatty acid ranged from 19 to 34%, oleic acid from 29 to 36%, and alfa-linolenic fatty acid from 0.3 to 0.5%, respectively. The saturated/unsaturated fatty acid ratio ranged from 0.5 to 0.8, the hypocholesterolemic:hypercholesterolaemic ratio from 1.7 to 2.7, the Atherogenic Index from 0.38 to 0.66, the Thrombogenic Index from 0.85 to 1.48, the total phenolic content from 0.14 to 0.36 mg/g seeds, and the antioxidant activity (DPPH&bull<br />) from 0.30 to 0.50. The studied seed-oil composition evidenced A. cruentus as a healthy ingredient for animal feed and consequently, as a possible substitute for traditional cereals. Accessions from Mexico and Arizona emerged for their high qualitative traits.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Amaranthus cruentus
amaranth
Animal feed
DPPH
Amaranth, germplasm, agronomic traits, oil composition, phenolic compounds, antioxidant activity, feedstuff
agronomic traits
antioxidant activity
Amaranth
phenolic compounds
Biology
01 natural sciences
Article
Agronomic traits
Antioxidant activity
Feedstuff
Germplasm
Oil composition
Phenolic compounds
chemistry.chemical_compound
Ingredient
lcsh:Zoology
Food science
lcsh:QL1-991
Unsaturated fatty acid
chemistry.chemical_classification
lcsh:Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary
0402 animal and dairy science
Fatty acid
food and beverages
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
germplasm
biology.organism_classification
040201 dairy & animal science
Oleic acid
chemistry
oil composition
lcsh:SF600-1100
Animal Science and Zoology
feedstuff
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20762615
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animals
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ac17fc933aaa6c3fe4fad205d47c8d63
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10081428