Year: 2014
Type: other
Abstract: Onions and other Allium crops contain high levels of dietary phenolics and, unlike many other crops, accumulate the beneficial mineral selenium.Selenium-enhanced Allium crops are of interest both from a public good perspective and as a market positioning strategy for growers.Field trials were carried out to i) identify onion and scallion varieties that contain high levels of health-promoting phenolic and flavonoid compounds as potential targets for selenium supplementation and ii) investigate selenium supplementation in the widely-grown commercial onion variety 'Hyskin' at different application rates of nitrogen fertilizer.Levels of selenium in onion bulbs were significantly increased from 0.5-5.9µg/g dry weight (DW) to 40.6-70.0µg/g DW.
Authors: Kim Reilly, Juan Miguel Valverde, Leo Finn, Michael Gaffney, K. Dilip, Nigel P. Brunton
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
Award: G6435564425
OpenAlex ID: W2128316034