Czech J. Food Sci., 2009, 27(10):S242-S244 | DOI: 10.17221/609-CJFS

Barley Grain as a Source of Health-Beneficial Substances

N. Březinová Belcredi*,1, J. Ehrenbergerová1, S. Běláková2, K. Vaculová3
1 Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, PLC, Malting Institute Brno, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Agricultural Research Institute Kroměříž, Ltd., 767 01 Kroměříž, Czech Republic *E-mail: belcr@centrum.cz$2

Barley is an excellent source of non-starch polysaccharides, i.e. soluble fiber (β-glucans and arabinoxylans), it contains many important vitamins (vitamin E and vitamin B-complex) and enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase). A set of the malting varieties and a line KM 1057 had statistically significantly higher content of arabinoxylans (4.40-5.58%) compared to the other KM lines (CZ origin) and the variety Merlin (Canada origin) (3.51-3.64%). Content of β-glucans in grain of varieties/lines was in a reverse order. The variety Merlin and lines KM (4.10-6.08%) had higher β-glucan content compared to the malting varieties and lines KM 1057 (2.78-4.02%). In the studied set of varieties/lines, strong negative correlation (r = -0.78**) between content of β-glucans and arabinoxylans was determined.

Keywords: barley; Hordeum vulgare; non-starch polysaccharides; β-glucans; arabinoxylans

Published: June 30, 2009  Show citation

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Březinová Belcredi N, Ehrenbergerová J, Běláková S, Vaculová K. Barley Grain as a Source of Health-Beneficial Substances. Czech J. Food Sci. 2009;27(Special Issue 1):S242-244. doi: 10.17221/609-CJFS.
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