Bioactive Compound Diversity in a Wide Panel of Sweet Potato (<i>Ipomoea batatas</i> L.) Cultivars: A Resource for Nutritional Food Development.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study provides an overview of the composition of the raw root flesh of a panel of 22 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) cultivars, with a focus on bioactive compounds. The large diversity of the proximate and phytochemical compositions observed between cultivars and within and between different flesh colors pointed out the importance of composition analysis and not only color choice for the design of foods with nutritional benefits.

Methods

The nutritional composition (starch, protein, total dietary fibers) and bioactive compound composition of 22 cultivars from Reunion Island, maintained in the Vatel Biological Resource Center, were investigated.

Results

Orange and purple cultivars stood out from white and yellow cultivars for their higher nutri

SUBMITTER: Nabot M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11509433 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature