Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed
Vitamin D has previously been quantified in some plants and algae, particularly in leaves of the Solanaceae family. We measured the vitamin D content of Australian native food plants and Australian-grown edible seaweed. Using liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, 13 samples...
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| author | Hughes, L. Black, Lucinda Sherriff, Jill Dunlop, E. Strobel, N. Lucas, R. Bornman, Janet |
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| description | Vitamin D has previously been quantified in some plants and algae, particularly in leaves of the Solanaceae family. We measured the vitamin D content of Australian native food plants and Australian-grown edible seaweed. Using liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, 13 samples (including leaf, fruit, and seed) were analyzed in duplicate for vitamin D2, vitamin D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. Five samples contained vitamin D2: raw wattleseed (Acacia victoriae) (0.03 µg/100 g dry weight (DW)); fresh and dried lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) leaves (0.03 and 0.24 µg/100 g DW, respectively); and dried leaves and berries of Tasmanian mountain pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) (0.67 and 0.05 µg/100 g DW, respectively). Fresh kombu (Lessonia corrugata) contained vitamin D3(0.01 µg/100 g DW). Detected amounts were low; however, it is possible that exposure to ultraviolet radiation may increase the vitamin D content of plants and algae if vitamin D precursors are present. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-696612018-08-22T04:25:55Z Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed Hughes, L. Black, Lucinda Sherriff, Jill Dunlop, E. Strobel, N. Lucas, R. Bornman, Janet Vitamin D has previously been quantified in some plants and algae, particularly in leaves of the Solanaceae family. We measured the vitamin D content of Australian native food plants and Australian-grown edible seaweed. Using liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, 13 samples (including leaf, fruit, and seed) were analyzed in duplicate for vitamin D2, vitamin D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. Five samples contained vitamin D2: raw wattleseed (Acacia victoriae) (0.03 µg/100 g dry weight (DW)); fresh and dried lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) leaves (0.03 and 0.24 µg/100 g DW, respectively); and dried leaves and berries of Tasmanian mountain pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) (0.67 and 0.05 µg/100 g DW, respectively). Fresh kombu (Lessonia corrugata) contained vitamin D3(0.01 µg/100 g DW). Detected amounts were low; however, it is possible that exposure to ultraviolet radiation may increase the vitamin D content of plants and algae if vitamin D precursors are present. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69661 10.3390/nu10070876 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI Publishing fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hughes, L. Black, Lucinda Sherriff, Jill Dunlop, E. Strobel, N. Lucas, R. Bornman, Janet Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| title | Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| title_full | Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| title_fullStr | Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| title_short | Vitamin D content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| title_sort | vitamin d content of australian native food plants and australian-grown edible seaweed |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69661 |