No abstract

ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES Fraccionamiento y caracterización electroforética de las proteínas de la semilla de kañihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) Fractionation and electrophoretic characterization of (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) kanihua seed proteins ABSTRACT Kanihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) is a Chenopodiacea of the andean region, that contains between 15 and 19% protein, with essential amino acids. The objective of the study was to fractionate and electrophoretically characterize the proteins of kanihua seed varieties Cupi-Sayhua and Ramis. In the whole meal, the proximal analysis and fractionation were performed, and the flour was fractionated by five techniques according to Osborne solubility to obtain albumins, globulins, prolamins and glutelins. The methodology, solvents and extraction time were optimized; and the electrophoretic profiles of the fractions were identified. The highest protein content (p≤ 0.05) was of kanihua flour and its protein fractions, compared to kiwicha and wheat. The highest percent yield (p≤ 0.05) during 1 h of sequential extraction of the protein fractions, was obtained with the Rodriguez y et.al., technique for albumins and glutelins, and with the technique described by Barba de la Rosa y et.al., for globulins and prolamins. The following results were found in Ramis and Cupi-Sayhua kanihua: albumins:

The Andean grains from the Peruvian Altiplano, quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) and kanihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) have high protein content and an optimal balance of essential amino acids and minerals such as iron (19.8 mg/100 g y 17.6 mg/100 g, respectively). The objective of this research was to evaluate the antianemic activity of extruded flour from quinoa seeds variety Negra Collana and kanihua variety Ramis in anemic Holtzman strain rats. The results of the proximal analysis showed high protein content in quinoa at 22% and kanihua at 16.2%, and the acute toxicity test showed harmlessness up to the dose of 15000 mg/Kg in both flours confirmed with the anatomopathological observation of organs such as liver, stomach, lung, kidneys, and brain. In the evaluation of the antianemic activity, a basal average of 29.3 ± 0.2% of hematocrit was observed in the group of anemic rats treated with quinoa flour, and in twelve weeks, it increased to 53.8 ± 0.3% of hematocrit (p ≤ 0.05). A group of anemic rats treated with kanihua flour had a basal average of 29.5 ± 0.3%, and in twelve weeks, it increased to 51.7 ± 0.3% (p ≤ 0.05). A group of rats without anemia treated with quinoa and kanihua flour showed a basal average of 50.2 ± 0.2% and 49.3 ± 0.3%; in twelve weeks, it increased to 55.2 ± 0.2% and 54.8 ± 0.1%, respectively. It was concluded that oral administration of 360 mg/Kg every 24 h of quinoa flour and kanihua flour increased hematocrit levels by 24.5 ± 0.5% and 22.2 ± 0.3%; weight 65.8 ± 0.3 g and 59.2 ± 0.1 g; height 6.8 ± 0.1 cm and 5.7 ± 0.5 cm, respectively (p ≤ 0.05). In rats without anemia increased hematocrit levels by 5.3 ± 0.0% and 5.5 ± 0.0%; weight 37.7 ± 0.1 g and 21.7 ± 0.05 g; height 4 ± 0.0 cm and 3.9 ± 0.0 cm, respectively (p ≤ 0.05).