Up to 92% increase of cancer-preventing lunasin in organic spring barley

Linda Legzdina; Ilva Nakurte; Inga Kirhnere; Jana Namniece; Liga Krigere; Kristine Saleniece; Indra Beinarovica; Ruta Muceniece

doi:10.1007/s13593-013-0203-4

Up to 92% increase of cancer-preventing lunasin in organic spring barley

Linda Legzdina^*
, Ilva Nakurte
, Inga Kirhnere
, Jana Namniece
, Liga Krigere
, Kristine Saleniece
, Indra Beinarovica
, Ruta Muceniece

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics

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Abstract

Lunasin is a plant peptide that has health benefits such as cancer-preventing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cholesterol-lowering effects. However, there is actually no information on the influence of cropping on the lunasin content of cereals. Therefore, we studied lunasin in 22 spring barley genotypes grown both organically and conventionally during two seasons. We found that lunasin content of barley grain averaged 44.8 µg/g, ranging from 5.0 to 189.0 µg/g. Organic farming increased average lunasin content by 47- 92 %. Ten out of 22 genotypes produced significantly more lunasin under organic farming in both years. Our findings evidence positive effects of organic farming on lunasin content in barley.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	783-791
Number of pages	9
Journal	Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-013-0203-4
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2014

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Conventional agriculture
Genotype × environment interaction
Heritability
Lunasin
Organic agriculture
Spring barley

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Up to 92% increase of cancer-preventing lunasin in organic spring barley

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