Duodu Kwaku G
Department of Consumer and Food Sciences and Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1931:87-108. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9039-9_7.
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a major drought-tolerant cereal crop grown mainly in the semi-arid regions of the world. It is an important basic food cereal in these regions which encompasses most of the developing world in many parts of Africa and Asia. Therefore, sorghum is an important source of nutrients for millions of inhabitants in these regions. In light of this, the nutritional quality of sorghum and how this is assessed is of major research interest. Various assays have been used to determine the contents of macronutrients and micronutrients in sorghum including how digestible and bioaccessible these are. A wide range of indices of sorghum nutritional quality has been generated. Advances in analytical instrumentation have contributed significantly to enhancing the capacity of analysts and researchers to broaden the scope of assays for sorghum nutritional quality and also to improve their accuracy.
高粱（Sorghum bicolor L. Moench）是一种主要种植在世界半干旱地区的耐旱谷类作物。它是这些地区重要的基础粮食谷物，非洲和亚洲的许多地区涵盖了世界上大部分发展中地区。因此，高粱是这些地区数百万居民重要的营养来源。鉴于此，高粱的营养品质及其评估方法是主要的研究兴趣点。已经使用了各种分析方法来测定高粱中常量营养素和微量营养素的含量，包括它们的可消化性和生物可利用性。已经产生了一系列高粱营养品质指标。分析仪器的进步极大地提高了分析人员和研究人员扩大高粱营养品质检测范围以及提高检测准确性的能力。
