@conference{
author = "Vidović, Bojana and Marčetić, Mirjana and Janković, Snežana and Rakić, Sveto and Pavlović, Maja and Perišić, Katarina and Rakić, Radojica",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Amaranth (Amaranthus sp., Amaranthaceae), quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Amaranthaceae)
and canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule, Amaranthaceae) are pseudograins originating from
South America. They are widely used in the diet as well as chia seeds (Salvia hispanica,
Lamiaceae) from South America and wheat (Triticum aestivum, Poaceae) and millet (Panicum
miliaceum, Poaceae), characteristic for our climate. The aim of the study was to determine the
nutritive characteristics, phenolic content and antioxidant activity of commercial samples of
pseudograins (аmaranth, quinoa and canihua) from our market, as well as a comparative
analysis to chia seeds, common and khorasan wheat and millet. Basic nutritive value
parameters and mineral contents were assessed for pseudograins and chia seeds. The content
of total phenolic compounds (TPC) and total flavonoid compounds (TFC), antioxidant
activity by DPPH and FRAP tests were determined for all samples. The results of the nutrient
composition indicates that analyzed pseudograins are good sources of proteins (13.39%) and
unlike chia seeds are characterized by relatively low fat content (5.97%). Analyzed
pseudograins contain calcium, magnesium, zinc and iron in a significant amount. The highest
TPC content was observed in chia seeds (395.7 mg GAE/100 g), following canihua (327.4 mg
GAE/100 g), quinoa (161.9 mg GAE/100 g), common wheat (61.8 mg GAE/100 g), Khorasan
wheat (51.1 mg GAE/100 g), while the lowest content was identified in millet (32.9 mg
GAE/100 mg). TFC content was in a range from 0.001 % (common wheat, khorasan wheat)
to 0.099 % (canihua). Antioxidant properties of pseudograins were lower compared to chia
seeds, but similar to common wheat and khorasan wheat while even higher comparing to
millet.",
journal = "X International Scientific Agricultural Symposium “Agrosym 2019”, Book of Proceedings",
title = "Nutritive characteristics and antioxidant activity of pseudograins",
pages = "401-407",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_5306"
}