Maize Grain Metabolite Profiling by NMR: Effects of Growing Year, Variety, and Cropping System.

ABSTRACT: Considering that maize (Zea mays L.) is a staple food for a large segment of the population worldwide, many attempts have been made to improve the nutritional value of its grain and at the same time to achieve sustainable cropping systems. The present study aimed to characterize the composition and nutritional value of maize grain as influenced by cropping system, genetic background (variety), and growing year using untargeted NMR metabolomics. The composition of both water- (sugars and polyols, organic acids, and amino acids) and liposoluble metabolites (free and esterified fatty acids, sterols, and lipids) extracted from the maize grain was determined. Multivariate statistical analyses (PCA and ANOVA) pointed to the growing year and the variety as the most important random and fix

SUBMITTER: Sobolev AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11397060 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature