Wei Jia, Zhu Yan, Lin Tianbao, Tao Han, Chen Lei, Xu Zilong, Lv Zhiqiang, Liu Peigang
Institute of Sericulture and Tea, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China.
Plants (Basel). 2023 Nov 2;12(21):3748. doi: 10.3390/plants12213748.
Vegetables are essential for maintaining health and preventing diseases due to their nutrients and functional components. However, vegetables specifically designed for blood sugar control are limited. The mulberry tree (Morus) offers potential as a source of functional vegetables with blood-sugar-lowering properties, mainly attributed to 1-Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ). This study compared the nutritional composition and DNJ content in various edible parts of twelve mulberry tree varieties. Sensory evaluations were also conducted to assess sensory attributes. Interestingly, DNJ was found to show a positive correlation with sensory evaluations. Furthermore, the sugar content, particularly sucrose, was significantly higher in tender shoots than leaves, indicating tender shoots as a preferable choice for development as a functional food for blood sugar control. Finally, and are considered as good candidates for the mulberry vegetable using varieties after sensory evaluation and combining with the DNJ content. These findings provide valuable insights for future research into vegetable selections for blood sugar management and support the potential commercialization of mulberry leaf vegetables as functional food options.
蔬菜因其营养成分和功能成分对维持健康和预防疾病至关重要。然而，专门用于控制血糖的蔬菜种类有限。桑树（桑属）作为具有降血糖特性的功能性蔬菜来源具有潜力，这主要归因于1-脱氧野尻霉素（DNJ）。本研究比较了12个桑树品种不同可食用部位的营养成分和DNJ含量。还进行了感官评价以评估感官特性。有趣的是，发现DNJ与感官评价呈正相关。此外，嫩梢中的糖含量，尤其是蔗糖含量，显著高于叶片，这表明嫩梢是开发用于控制血糖的功能性食品的更佳选择。最后，经感官评价并结合DNJ含量，[此处原文缺失品种名称]和[此处原文缺失品种名称]被认为是作为桑菜用品种的良好候选者。这些发现为未来血糖管理蔬菜选择的研究提供了有价值的见解，并支持桑叶蔬菜作为功能性食品选择的潜在商业化。
