Regiospecific Profiles of Fatty Acids in Triacylglycerols and Phospholipids from Adzuki Beans (Vigna angularis) 英文参考文献.docVIP

Nutrients 2010, 2, 49-59; doi:10.3390/nu2010049 OPEN ACCESS nutrients ISSN 2072-6643 /journal/nutrients Article Regiospecific Profiles of Fatty Acids in Triacylglycerols and Phospholipids from Adzuki Beans (Vigna angularis) Hiromi Yoshida 1,3,*, Yuka Tomiyama 1, Naoko Yoshida 2, Kyoko Shibata 1 and Yoshiyuki Mizushina1,3 1 Department of Nutritional Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2180 Japan; E-Mails: tomiyama@nutr.kobegakuin.ac.jp (Y.T.); ng03h046@s-mail.kobegakuin.ac.jp (K.S.); mizushin@nutr.kobegakuin.ac.jp (Y.M.) 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 Japan; E-Mail: nyoshida@sk.ritsumei.ac.jp 3 Cooperative Research Center of Life Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-8586 Japan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: yoshida@nutr.kobegakuin.ac.jp. Received: 30 November 2009 / Accepted: 14 January 2010 / Published: 19 January 2010 Abstract: Regiospecific distributions of fatty acids (FA) of triacylglycerols (TAG) and phospholipids (PL) isolated from five cultivars of adzuki beans (Vigna angularis) were investigated. The lipids comprised mainly PL (72.2–73.4 wt-%) and TAG (20.6–21.9 wt- %), whilst other components were detected in minor proportions (0.1–3.4 wt-%). The principal profiles of the FA distribution in the TAG and PL were evident in the beans among the five cultivars: unsaturated FA were predominantly distributed in the sn-2 position, whilst saturated FA primarily occupied the sn-1 or the sn-3 position in the these lipids. The results would be useful information to both producers and consumers for manufacturing traditional adzuki confectionaries such as wagashi in Japan. Keywords: adzuki beans (Vigna angularis); fatty acids; phosphatidylcholine; phosphatidyl- ethanolamine; phosphatidylinositol; regiospecific characteristics; triacylglyce