Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico

This work aims to evaluate and compare the chromatic characteristics, mineral concentration, and phenolic compound content (total phenols, total flavonoids, anthocyanins, and condensed tannins), as well as antioxidant capacity levels (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP) in maize genotypes with white, yellow, ora...

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Main Authors: Josué I. GARCÍA-LÓPEZ, Eduardo HERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO, Antonio FLORES-NAVEDA, Sait JUANES-MÁRQUEZ, Sonia RAMÍREZ-BARRÓN, Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ, Neymar CAMPOSECO-MONTEJO, Perpetuo ÁLVAREZ-VÁZQUEZ
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author Josué I. GARCÍA-LÓPEZ
Eduardo HERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO
Antonio FLORES-NAVEDA
Sait JUANES-MÁRQUEZ
Sonia RAMÍREZ-BARRÓN
Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ
Neymar CAMPOSECO-MONTEJO
Perpetuo ÁLVAREZ-VÁZQUEZ
author_facet Josué I. GARCÍA-LÓPEZ
Eduardo HERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO
Antonio FLORES-NAVEDA
Sait JUANES-MÁRQUEZ
Sonia RAMÍREZ-BARRÓN
Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ
Neymar CAMPOSECO-MONTEJO
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description This work aims to evaluate and compare the chromatic characteristics, mineral concentration, and phenolic compound content (total phenols, total flavonoids, anthocyanins, and condensed tannins), as well as antioxidant capacity levels (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP) in maize genotypes with white, yellow, orange, and blue/purple grain pigmentations. The results showed that the lightness, colour saturation, and hue angle (L*, C*, and h°) values ranged from 25.33 to 69.15, 1.51 to 32.22, and 32.38 to 92.07, respectively. All the maize varieties studied showed a high concentration of N, P, K and Mg. In the case of Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu, lower values were obtained with ranges of 2.18 to 3.01, 0.43 to 0.79, 1.61 to 2.43 and 0.08 to 0.42, respectively. The content of total phenols and flavonoids (free + bound) was in a range of 236.11 to 1296.16 mg GAE/100 g, and 29.20 to 221.22 mg CE/100 g, respectively, showing that the bound fractions were higher than the free fractions. Condensed tannins were only found in pigmented maize varieties in the free fraction, with values ranging between 46.58 and 411.87 mg CE/100 g, while the concentration of total anthocyanins ranged between 1.15 and 265.61 mg C3GE/100 g. Finally, the antioxidant capacity (free + bound) expressed in μmol TE/100 g was from 870.37 to 10763.34 for DPPH, from 1396.10 to 10895.26 for ABTS, and from 634.95 to 2185.92 for FRAP, with mean values of 6.5 mg/mL for the IC50 in DPPH and ABTS. A negative correlation was found between the total phenol content and the color parameters L*, C* and h°, indicating that red and purple maize grains presented the highest levels of antioxidant compounds.
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spelling doaj-art-0fe232c2bced42efad405b72fd1de1032025-08-20T03:31:11ZengAcademicPresNotulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca0255-965X1842-43092025-06-0153210.15835/nbha53214413Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast MexicoJosué I. GARCÍA-LÓPEZ0Eduardo HERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO1Antonio FLORES-NAVEDA2Sait JUANES-MÁRQUEZ3Sonia RAMÍREZ-BARRÓN4Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ5Neymar CAMPOSECO-MONTEJO6Perpetuo ÁLVAREZ-VÁZQUEZ7Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Centro de Capacitación y Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Saltillo C.P. 25315, CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Instituto Mexicano del Maíz, UAAAN, Saltillo C.P. 25315, CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Centro de Capacitación y Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Saltillo C.P. 25315, CoahuilaDepartamento de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio NarroUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, UAAAN, Saltillo C.P. 25315, CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Departamento de Parasitología, UAAAN, Saltillo C.P. 25315, CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Centro de Capacitación y Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Saltillo C.P. 25315, CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Departamento de Recursos Naturales Renovables, UAAAN, Saltillo C.P. 25315, Coahuila This work aims to evaluate and compare the chromatic characteristics, mineral concentration, and phenolic compound content (total phenols, total flavonoids, anthocyanins, and condensed tannins), as well as antioxidant capacity levels (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP) in maize genotypes with white, yellow, orange, and blue/purple grain pigmentations. The results showed that the lightness, colour saturation, and hue angle (L*, C*, and h°) values ranged from 25.33 to 69.15, 1.51 to 32.22, and 32.38 to 92.07, respectively. All the maize varieties studied showed a high concentration of N, P, K and Mg. In the case of Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu, lower values were obtained with ranges of 2.18 to 3.01, 0.43 to 0.79, 1.61 to 2.43 and 0.08 to 0.42, respectively. The content of total phenols and flavonoids (free + bound) was in a range of 236.11 to 1296.16 mg GAE/100 g, and 29.20 to 221.22 mg CE/100 g, respectively, showing that the bound fractions were higher than the free fractions. Condensed tannins were only found in pigmented maize varieties in the free fraction, with values ranging between 46.58 and 411.87 mg CE/100 g, while the concentration of total anthocyanins ranged between 1.15 and 265.61 mg C3GE/100 g. Finally, the antioxidant capacity (free + bound) expressed in μmol TE/100 g was from 870.37 to 10763.34 for DPPH, from 1396.10 to 10895.26 for ABTS, and from 634.95 to 2185.92 for FRAP, with mean values of 6.5 mg/mL for the IC50 in DPPH and ABTS. A negative correlation was found between the total phenol content and the color parameters L*, C* and h°, indicating that red and purple maize grains presented the highest levels of antioxidant compounds. https://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha/article/view/14413antioxidant capacitychromatic parametersphenolic compoundsZea mays L.
spellingShingle Josué I. GARCÍA-LÓPEZ
Eduardo HERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO
Antonio FLORES-NAVEDA
Sait JUANES-MÁRQUEZ
Sonia RAMÍREZ-BARRÓN
Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ
Neymar CAMPOSECO-MONTEJO
Perpetuo ÁLVAREZ-VÁZQUEZ
Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
antioxidant capacity
chromatic parameters
phenolic compounds
Zea mays L.
title Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico
title_full Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico
title_fullStr Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico
title_short Comparison of polyphenols, anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast Mexico
title_sort comparison of polyphenols anthocyanins and color analysis in pigmented maize from northeast mexico
topic antioxidant capacity
chromatic parameters
phenolic compounds
Zea mays L.
url https://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha/article/view/14413
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