DISTRIBUTION AND CHANGES OF DIOSGENIN DURING DEVELOPMENT OF TRIGONELLA-FOENUM-GRAECUM PLANTS - MODULATION BY BENZYLAMINOPURINE

Authors
ORTUNO A ONCINA R BOTIA JM DELRIO JA
Citation
A. Ortuno et al., DISTRIBUTION AND CHANGES OF DIOSGENIN DURING DEVELOPMENT OF TRIGONELLA-FOENUM-GRAECUM PLANTS - MODULATION BY BENZYLAMINOPURINE, Food chemistry, 63(1), 1998, pp. 51-54
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Nutrition & Dietetics","Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03088146
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
51 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0308-8146(1998)63:1<51:DACODD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The distribution and evolution of diosgenin levels in the different or gans of Trigonella foenum-graecum were investigated. The results revea led that the maximum levels of this secondary compound are reached in the young leaves (20 mg g(-1) dry weight). A considerable increase in the levels of this sapogenin was observed after treatment of seeds wit h benzylaminopurine. These results open up new perspectives for the po ssible development of plants with high concentrations of this compound . (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.