Bioaccessible Mineral Content of Malted Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana), Wheat (Triticum aestivum), and Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Kalpana, Platel and Sushma, W. Eipeson and Krishnapura, Srinivasan (2010) Bioaccessible Mineral Content of Malted Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana), Wheat (Triticum aestivum), and Barley (Hordeum vulgare). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58 (13). pp. 8100-8103.

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Abstract

Malted grains are extensively used in weaning and geriatric foods. Malting generally improves the nutrient content and digestibility of foods. The present investigation examined the influence of malting of finger millet, wheat, and barley on the bioaccessibility of iron, zinc, calcium, copper, and manganese. Malting increased the bioaccessibility of iron by >3-fold from the two varieties of finger millet and by >2-fold from wheat, whereas such a beneficial influence was not seen in barley. The bioaccessibility of zinc from wheat and barley increased to an extent of 234 and 100%, respectively, as a result of malting. However, malting reduced the bioaccessibility of zinc from finger millet. Malting marginally increased the bioaccessibility of calcium from white finger millet and wheat. Whereas malting did not exert any influence on bioaccessibility of copper from finger millet and wheat, it significantly decreased (75%) the same from barley. Malting did increase the bioaccessibility of manganese from brown finger millet (17%) and wheat (42%). Thus, malting could be an appropriate food-based strategy to derive iron and other minerals maximally from food grains.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bioaccessibility; barley; finger millet; malted cereals; minerals; wheat
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 21 Cereals 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	16 Sep 2010 06:22
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2011 10:17
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/9665

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