Effects of selection for color intensity on antioxidant capacity in maize (Zea mays L.)

Rodríguez, Víctor M.; Soengas, Pilar; Landa, Arsenio; Ordás, A.; Revilla, Pedro

doi:10.1007/s10681-013-0924-0

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“…Moreover, the pigmented corn contains anthocyanins, carotenoids, phenolic compounds, and antioxidant activity than non-pigmented corn (LopezMartinez et al 2009;Montilla et al 2011;Ž ilić et al 2012). Pigments and other substances are genetically regulated and can be improved through selection and combined with high-yielding characters (Graham et al 1999;Rodriguez et al 2013). Therefore, the opportunity to develop waxy corn varieties with high phytochemicals is great.…”

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“…Substantial and significant variations in phytochemical content and antioxidant activity were observed between a set of corn genotypes and even among classes of colors, and the potential health benefits provided by corn depended firstly on corn genotypes (Kuhnen et al 2011). Kernel color can be easily identified visually and, therefore, can be increased through phenotypic selection (Rodriguez et al 2013;Shen et al 2009). Although visual assessment is and an easy method, it lacks consistency due to human is poor in color memory and compromises genotype comparisons (Hasting et al 2012;Hutchings 1999).…”

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Genotypic variability in anthocyanins, total phenolics, and antioxidant activity among diverse waxy corn germplasm

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Identification of germplasm sources of waxy corn (Zea mays L. var. ceratina) with high variability for anthocyanins, phenolic compounds, and antioxidant activity is an important phase for waxy corn breeding for improvement of useful phytochemicals. The objectives of this study were to evaluate 49 genotypes of waxy corn for color parameters, monomeric anthocyanin content (MAC) and total phenolic content (TPC), and antioxidant activities. The experiment was conducted under field conditions in a randomized complete block design with three replications for two seasons in the rainy and the dry season 2010. Corn genotypes and seasons were significantly different (P B 0.01) for most traits under study except for TPC. Variations due to genotype were large for all characters, accounting for 74.43-95.70 % of total variations. The interactions between genotype and season were significant for all characters. Forty-nine corn genotypes were divided into four groups based on antioxidants and their activities. Significant and positive correlations were found among the anthocyanins, phenolics, and antioxidant activities, and correlation coefficients between anthocyanins with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging ability and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assays were high (r = 0.94 and 0.88, respectively). All of the Hunterlab color parameters, including chroma and hue angle were highly correlated with anthocyanins, phenolics and their activities and therefore could be used as indirect selection criteria for improving levels of antioxidants and antioxidant activity in waxy corn.

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Genotypic variability in anthocyanins, total phenolics, and antioxidant activity among diverse waxy corn germplasm

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“…Purple variety in Lopez-Martinez et al (2011) research had the highest phenolic and anthocyianin content, as well as antioxidant activity, followed by red, blue and white maize. Rodriguez et al (2013) concluded that selection for kernel color intensity increased antioxidant capacity and revealed that black kernels had more TP, total phenolics (GAE = gallic acid equivalent); TF, total flavonoids (CE = catechin equivalent); TAC, total anthocyanins (CGE = cyanidin 3-glucoside equivalent); TYP, total yellow pigments (βCE= β-carotene equivalent); TEAC, total antioxidant capacity (Trolox Eq = Trolox equivalent). Means followed by the same letter within the same column are not significantly different, according to Fisher's least significance difference test (p < 0.05).…”

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“…All this is due to the high antioxidative and antiradical activities, but also to some other mechanisms, such as antimutagenic, estrogenic activities, inhibition of enzymes, induction of detoxification enzymes (Adom & Liu, 2002;Rondini et al, 2002;Tsuda et al, 2003;Fimognari et al, 2004). Several authors have reported considerable differences in phytochemical contents and antioxidant capacity between a set of maize genotypes with different kernel colors and they found that a higher content of pigment compounds in maize kernels is associated to higher antioxidant capacity (Lopez-Martinez et al, 2009;Hu & Xu, 2011;Zilic et al, 2012;Rodriguez et al, 2013).…”

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Simulating of Top-Cross system for enhancement of antioxidants in maize grain

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Span. j. agric. res.

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Blue maize (Zea mays L.) is grown for its high content of antioxidants. Conversion of yellow and white to blue maize is time consuming because several genes affect blue color. After each backcross selfing is needed for color to be expressed. In order to overcome the problem of time and effort needed for conversion to blue kernel color, we have set a pilot experiment simulating a Top-cross system for increasing antioxidants in maize grain. The idea is to alternately sow six rows of sterile standard quality hybrid and two rows of blue maize in commercial production. Five commercial ZP hybrids were crossed with a blue pop-corn population. Xenia effect caused by cross-pollination produced blue grain on all hybrids in the same year. Chemical analyses of the grains of five selfed original hybrids, five cross-pollinated hybrids and selfed blue popcorn pollinator were performed. Cross-fertilization with blue popcorn had different impact on antioxidant capacity and phytonutrients, increasing them significantly in some but not all cross-pollinated hybrids. Popcorn blue pollinator had higher values for all the analyzed traits than either selfed or cross-pollinated hybrids. Selfed vs. pollinated hybrids showed significant difference for total antioxidant capacity (p<0.1), total phenolics and total yellow pigments (p<0.01), with the increase of total phenolics and decrease of total yellow pigments in pollinated ones. Total flavonoids showed a little non-significant decrease in pollinated hybrids, while total anthocyanins were not detected in selfed yellow hybrids. Blue maize obtained this way has shown good potential for growing high quality phytonutrient genotypes.

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“…Besides quality and flavor, these traditional varieties are interesting due to their potential value as functional foods (Rodríguez et al, 2013). Moreover, there is an increasing interest for reintroducing improved varieties for food, particularly under organic agriculture (Landa et al, 2006;Revilla et al, 2008Revilla et al, , 2012.…”

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Mycotoxins in maize grains grown in organic and conventional agriculture

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Maize is traditionally used for bakery in several countries, and autochthonous varieties are increasingly demanded particularly for organic agriculture, but one of the dangers of cereal consumption is mycotoxin contamination. Mycotoxins are dangerous for health and might be present in any grain depending on genotypes and environments. In the present work we assess the natural levels of fumonisin and deoxynivalenol (DON) contaminations in nine diverse openpollinated maize varieties grown in four different locations, under organic or conventional conditions, in two regions from the humid Spain during two years. Differences were significant among locations and among varieties for fumonisin contamination but not for DON content.Locations were the main environmental source of variation affecting fumonisins while DON was more affected by years. The Basque locations had more fumonisin than the Galician locations, but there were no differences between organic and conventional environments.Fumonisin contamination was more variable than DON among locations and among varieties.Fumonisin and DON were highly correlated on average but correlations were low for each particular environment. Mean fumonisin and DON were below the threshold allowed by the EU, but the white-kernel medium late variety Rebordanes(P)C2 had more than 4.00 mg/kg of fumonisin in one location, while the early yellow variety Sarreaus had the lowest contamination. We conclude warning producers of the danger of natural contamination with mycotoxins for some varieties in specific environments.

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Effects of selection for color intensity on antioxidant capacity in maize (Zea mays L.)

Cited by 36 publications

References 20 publications

Genotypic variability in anthocyanins, total phenolics, and antioxidant activity among diverse waxy corn germplasm

Genotypic variability in anthocyanins, total phenolics, and antioxidant activity among diverse waxy corn germplasm

Simulating of Top-Cross system for enhancement of antioxidants in maize grain

Mycotoxins in maize grains grown in organic and conventional agriculture

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