Zinc Accumulation and Distribution in Germinated Brown Rice

Yang, Runqiang; Sun, Yun; Gu, Zhenxin

doi:10.3136/fstr.24.369

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“…Zinc deficiency affects one third of the world's population, and it is associated with a higher mortality in children [5][6][7]. It is linked with various health implications including growth retardation, impaired immune response and an increased risk of contracting infectious diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia [6][7][8].…”

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The acceptance of zinc biofortified rice in Latin America: A consumer sensory study and grain quality characterization

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Zinc deficiency is a major public health problem in vulnerable populations of Latin America and the Caribbean. Biofortification of rice (Oryza sativa L.) with zinc has the potential to alleviate zinc deficiencies. However, as plant breeding processes can alter grain culinary quality and favorable sensory attributes, grain quality and consumer acceptability need to be assessed prior to releasing a variety to the public. A grain quality characterization and a sensory acceptability analysis were carried out with two varieties of zinc biofortified rice and a local control both in Bolivia and Colombia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical parameters that are significant in consumer acceptance and to determine the acceptability of zinc biofortified rice by consumers. Results of physicochemical parameters were analyzed using ANOVA. The sensory acceptability was evaluated in 243 adults utilizing a 7-point hedonic scale and a Wilcoxon’s signed rank test was used to determine the overall acceptability of the varieties. Biofortified rice variety T2-11 and MAC-18 -control 1- were equally accepted by consumers in Bolivia with no significant differences (p<0.05). The grain quality analysis reported that both presented long and slender rice grains (L>7.5 mm and L/B>3), an intermediate to high amylose content (>25%) and a similar level of chalkiness. In Colombia, the biofortified variety 035 presented a higher score in overall acceptance in comparison to biofortified variety 021 and the local variety CICA4 -control 2-. However, no significant differences were observed (p<0.05). Conversely to the other two varieties, the biofortified variety 035 presented the largest size grain (L/B = 2.97), a lower chalkiness and an amylose content above 25%. This study shows that the grain quality properties of rice have an influence on acceptability and that zinc biofortified rice varieties are accepted by consumers.

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“…Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most consumed cereals worldwide, and it is considered a staple food by 50% of the world’s population [ 8 , 27 ]. In Bolivia and Colombia, rice is the cereal with the highest consumption nationwide [ 15 , 28 ].…”

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The acceptance of zinc biofortified rice in Latin America: A consumer sensory study and grain quality characterization

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“…Although Bifidobacteria are strictly anaerobic bacteria, some can grow on agar plates in air, such as Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis [5,6]. The oxygen tolerance ability of Bifidobacterium promotes its application in the food industry.…”

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A New Simple Passage Culture to Improve the Viability of Bifidobacteria

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Zhang³

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Bifidobacterium is the most beneficial flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, but there is a concentration threshold for Bifidobacterium to exert its beneficial properties. In this work, the effect of several simple culture methods on the number of viable bifidobacteria was discussed to improve its viable concentrations, and we unexpectedly discovered that bifidobacteria have inert growth. The concentration of viable bacteria of two isolated Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis, BZ11 and BZ25 and Lactobacillus plantarum SQ-4 were investigated using solid-liquid-liquid circulation subculture, solid-liquid-liquid subculture and solid-liquid-liquid circulation subculture. These 3 subculture methods increase the viable cell concentration, and the best is the solid-liquid-liquid subculture. The highest concentrations of third-generation BZ11 and BZ25 were 9.62 × 109 CFU/mL and 1.21 × 1010 CFU/mL in order by solid-liquid-liquid subculture method, which was 10.38 times and 42.31 times higher (P<0.05) than those of the first generation, respectively. However, none of these three subculture methods increased the concentration of SQ-4. These results suggested that Bifidobacterium has growth inertia and Solid-liquid-liquid passage culture inhibiting the growth inertia. This finding is valuable in promoting the industrial application of probiotic bifidobacteria to potential probiotic food production.

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