Effects of debranning on the distribution of pentosans and relationships to phenolic content and antioxidant activity of wheat pearling fractions
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Abstract
Pentosans represent the major dietary fiber constituent in wheat and the predominant source of antioxidant activity (AOA) whose nature is closely associated with the phenolic compound ferulic acid. Incremental debranning was used to determine effects on pentosan content and AOA of pearled fractions. Four cultivar samples were debranned to obtain pearling fractions, each equivalent to 5% of initial sample weight up to 60%. Total pentosans (TP), water-extractable pentosans (WEP), total phenolic content (TPC) and AOA were determined. There were significant differences among genotypes in response to debranning although trends were consistent. WEP was maximized in the 10% debranning fraction which likely maximized aleurone content. TP content was highest in the initial 5% fraction and progressively declined in successive fractions. Relationships between pentosan composition and AOA followed different trends. TP and water-unextractable pentosans (WUP) were highly correlated to TPC (R2 = 0.84) and AOA (R2 = 0.88) for the 10–25% debranning fractions. No significant correlations were found between TPC and AOA with WEP. Results indicated that debranning wheat to recover material between the initial 5% pearling fraction and the next 5% was effective to produce bran fractions for functional food or nutraceutical purposes, highly enriched in dietary fiber and AOA.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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