Author:
Jiang Yufeng,Yang Li,Xie Hexia,Qin Lanqiu,Wang Lingqiang,Xie Xiaodong,Zhou Haiyu,Tan Xianjie,Zhou Jinguo,Cheng Weidong
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Maize has many kernel colors, from white to dark black. However, research on the color and nutritional quality of the different varieties is limited. The color of the maize grain is an important characteristic. Colored maize is rich in nutrients, which have received attention for their role in diet-related chronic diseases and have different degrees of anti-stress protection for animal and human health.
Methods
A comprehensive metabolome (LC-MS/MS) and transcriptome analysis was performed in this study to compare different colored maize varieties from the perspective of multiple recombination in order to study the nutritional value of maize with different colors and the molecular mechanism of color formation.
Results
Maize kernels with diverse colors contain different types of health-promoting compounds, highlighting that different maize varieties can be used as functional foods according to human needs. Among them, red-purple and purple-black maize contain more flavonoids than white and yellow kernels. Purple-black kernels have a high content of amino acids and nucleotides, while red-purple kernels significantly accumulate sugar alcohols and lipids.
Conclusion
Our study can provide insights for improving people’s diets and provide a theoretical basis for the study of food structure for chronic diseases.
Funder
Special Project for Fundamental Scientific Research of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Guangxi Science and Technology Project
Observation and monitoring tasks of agricultural basic long-term scientific and technological work
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC