Small-Seeded Legumes as a Novel Food Source. Variation of Nutritional, Mineral and Phytochemical Profiles in the Chain: Raw Seeds-Sprouted Seeds-Microgreens.

Growing public concerns about health haves prompted the search for novel food sources. The study is focused on the seeds, sprouted seeds and microgreens of , , and species as a potential source of value-added food ingredientsr. The samples were analysed for nutritional (wet chemistry, standard methods) and mineral (atomic absorption spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectrophotometry) profiles, isoflavones (ultra-performance liquid with diode array detector ⁻UPLC-DAD), coumestrol (UPLC-DAD), condensed tannins (CT) (vanillin-H₂SO₄ assay) and triterpene saponins (UPLC with triple-stage quadrupole MS).

Mineral and Phytochemical Profiles and Antioxidant Activity of Herbal Material from Two Temperate Species.

Only a few species of the large genus, widely used for medicinal purposes, have been thoroughly studied for phytochemical composition. The aim of our research was to investigate the rarely studied species L. and L.

Perennial legumes as a source of ingredients for healthy food: proximate, mineral and phytoestrogen composition and antibacterial activity.

Abstract: Perennial legumes have been used as edible or medicinal plants since ancient times. The focus of the current study are perennial legumes- L., L.

Source of variation of isoflavone concentrations in perennial clover species.

Introduction: Clover has attracted considerable interest not only as a valuable livestock forage plant, but also as an important source of isoflavones. The current study was aimed to assess the variation of concentration of three isoflavones in clover species grown under a cool temperate climate environment in Lithuania.

Materials And Methods: Isoflavone contents were quantified in the plant parts of 21 accessions belonging to five perennial species of genus Trifolium (T.

Fusarium mycotoxins in Lithuanian cereals from the 2004-2005 harvests.

Fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON), T-2 toxin, and zearalenone (ZEN) contamination in 5 kinds of cereal grain harvested in 2004 and 2005 in different regions of Lithuania was examined for their occurrence frequency and level. In all cereal species DON was the most frequently detected mycotoxin with an incidence rate of 98.0-100% and range in positive samples from traces to 691 microg kg(-1) in 2004 and 62.

Use of a multichannel photometer (Multiskan MS) for determination of humic materials in soil after their dichromate oxidation.

Methodology for the determination of humus and humic materials content in soil after dichromate oxidation using a multichannel automatic photometer (Multiskan MS) has been developed. The study presented here demonstrates the benefits of using this methodology for the rapid, reliable and accurate determination of humus and humic materials content in various soils. The method is characterised by good data repeatability and low labour and reagent inputs.