RT Journal Article
T1 The quinoa variety influences the nutritional and antioxidant profile rather than the geographic factors
A1 Pedrali, Davide
A1 Giupponi, Luca
A1 Jimenez de la Peña Armada, Rocío Teresa
A1 Villanueva Suárez, María José
A1 Mateos-Aparicio Cediel, Inmaculada
AB Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is attracting worldwide attention due to its nutritional and biological properties. Nowadays, this pseudocereal is cultivated worldwide in different environmental conditions. This work evaluates the nutritional profile, polyphenol content and antioxidant capacity of five quinoa cultivars (Negra Collana, Chullpi Real, Salcedo Inia, Pasankalla and Kancolla) from Spain and from the Andean region, looking for the key factor of quinoa composition. Nutritional profile was similar for the same cultivar among the locations but, protein and iron contents were higher (p < 0.05) in Spanish seeds compared to the Andean ones.PCA and Pearson correlation coefficient reveal that the darkest quinoa cultivars, Negra and Pasankalla, had the best bioactive profile because the greater dietary fiber, polyphenol content, and antioxidant capacity (p < 0.05), regardless of origin zone. Concluding, the genetic variability seems to have a higher influence than the geographic factors on the nutritional and antioxidant composition of quinoa.
PB Elsevier
SN 0308-8146
YR 2022
FD 2022-07-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72043
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72043
LA eng
NO Pedrali, D., Giupponi, L., Peña Armada, R. et al. «The Quinoa Variety Influences the Nutritional and Antioxidant Profile Rather than the Geographic Factors». Food Chemistry, vol. 402, febrero de 2023, p. 133531. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133531.
NO CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2022)
NO This research was supported by ALIVEF group (921114) from Complutense University of Madrid; and partially supported by “Montagne:Living Labs di innovazione per la transizione ecologica e digitaleproject.”
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Università degli Studi di Milano
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025