Abstract:
Compared with Grey Wheat ( Triticum L.) , Wumai 526 ( Triticum L.) and Jinmai 21 ( Triticum L.) , the contents of nutritional components of Red Bald Wheat ( Triticum L.) from north area of Wuwei, Gansu Province, were determined and evaluated.The results showed that Red Bald Wheat was abundant in various nutritional components, including all kinds of fatty acids ( fat 1.62%) , crude fiber 2.8%, carbohydrate 71.21%, protein 14.82%, ash 1.82%, 18 kinds of amino acids 14.618%, in which 8 kinds of essential amino acids account for 34.91% of total amino acids. The determination also exhibited that the contents of major nutritional components of Red Bald Wheat were lower than those of Grey Wheat, except the contents of Vitamin B1, B2 and E.The contents of fat, ash, vitamins and proteins of Red Bald Wheat were lower than those of Wumai 526.In contrast, the contents of proteins, fat, ash, Vitamin A, C、B1, B2 and E of Red Bald Wheat were higher than those of Jinmai 21 by 9.78%, 8%, 7.06%, 14.06%, 32.68%, 13.34%, 4.2% and 7.25%, respectively.On the other hand, the contents of 11 kinds of mineral elements ( calcium, potassium, selenium, manganese, iron, zinc, phosphorus, magnesium, iodine, molybdenum and copper) of Red Bald Wheat were determined as well. It was observed that the contents of iron, manganese and selenium were49.76, 24.29, 0.26 mg/kg, respectively.Especially, the contents of iron and selenium were significantly higher than Wumai 526 ( correspondingly, increased by 70.41% and 127.21%) and Jinmai 21 ( correspondingly, increased by 30% and 176%) .Except zinc, the contents of the other 10 kinds of mineral elements of Red Bald Wheat were lower than Grey Wheat.Therefore, as a novel kind of food raw material rich in proteins, selenium and lysine, Red Bald Wheat probably have a great development value and market prospect.