Comparative Quality Assessment of Five Bread Wheat and Five Barley Cultivars Grown in Romania

Elena Moroșan, Ana Andreea Secareanu, Adina Magdalena Musuc (), Magdalena Mititelu (), Ana Corina Ioniță, Emma Adriana Ozon (), Ionuț Daniel Raducan, Andreea Ioana Rusu, Adriana Maria Dărăban and Oana Karampelas
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Elena Moroșan: Department of Clinical Laboratory and Food Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania
Ana Andreea Secareanu: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania
Adina Magdalena Musuc: “Ilie Murgulescu” Institute of Physical Chemistry, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
Magdalena Mititelu: Department of Clinical Laboratory and Food Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania
Ana Corina Ioniță: Department of Clinical Laboratory and Food Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania
Emma Adriana Ozon: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania
Ionuț Daniel Raducan: Faculty of Pharmacy, “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, 86 Liviu Rebreanu Street, 310045 Arad, Romania
Andreea Ioana Rusu: Faculty of Pharmacy, “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, 86 Liviu Rebreanu Street, 310045 Arad, Romania
Adriana Maria Dărăban: Faculty of Pharmacy, “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, 86 Liviu Rebreanu Street, 310045 Arad, Romania
Oana Karampelas: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-18

Abstract: Cereals whole grains contain vitamins, phytochemicals, antioxidants, resistant starch, and minerals with potential benefits to human health. The consumption of whole grains is correlated with a lowered risk of the most important chronic diseases, including type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some cancers. This study aimed to characterize and evaluate the content of five cultivars of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) and five cultivars of barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) obtained by conventional plant breeding using crossing and selection methods. The novelty and the purpose of this research was to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze these ten cultivars from Romania and to show the importance of, and the changes produced by, crossing and selection methods when these are aimed at the physiological or morphological development of the cultivars. Studies based on gluten dosing; spectrophotometry using Bradford, fructan and protein dosing; Kjeldahl protein dosing; GC-MS/MS-protein and amino acid dosing; and identification of protein fractions using polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic method were conducted. This study demonstrates the possibility of developing future cultivars using conventional methods of improvement to modify the content and composition of nutrients to increase their health benefits.

Keywords: Triticum aestivum L.; Hordeum vulgare L.; conventional plant breeding; nutritional knowledge; human health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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