Dunlop Eleanor, Cunningham Judy, Adorno Paul, Dabos Georgios, Johnson Stuart K, Black Lucinda J
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia; Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia..
Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.
Food Chem. 2024 Sep 15;452:139382. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139382. Epub 2024 Apr 22.
Vitamin K is a multi-function vitamin that has emerging roles in bone, brain and vascular health. Vitamin K composition data remain limited globally and Australia has lacked nationally representative data for vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) in horticultural commodities. Primary samples (n = 927) of 90 Australian-grown fruit, vegetable and nut commodities were purchased in three Australian cities. We measured vitamin K1/phylloquinone in duplicate in 95 composite samples using liquid chromatography with electrospray ionisation-tandem mass spectrometry. The greatest mean concentrations of vitamin K1/phylloquinone were found in kale (565 μg/100 g), baby spinach (255 μg/100 g) and Brussels sprouts (195 μg/100 g). The data contribute to the global collection of vitamin K food composition data. They add to the evidence that vitamin K1/phylloquinone concentrations vary markedly between geographic regions, supporting development of region-specific datasets for national food composition databases that do not yet contain data for vitamin K. Such data are needed globally.
维生素K是一种多功能维生素,在骨骼、大脑和血管健康方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。全球范围内维生素K的成分数据仍然有限,而澳大利亚缺乏园艺商品中维生素K1(叶绿醌)的全国代表性数据。在澳大利亚的三个城市购买了90种澳大利亚种植的水果、蔬菜和坚果商品的原始样本(n = 927)。我们使用液相色谱-电喷雾电离串联质谱法对95个复合样本中的维生素K1/叶绿醌进行了双份测定。维生素K1/叶绿醌平均浓度最高的是羽衣甘蓝(565μg/100g)、嫩菠菜(255μg/100g)和抱子甘蓝(195μg/100g)。这些数据有助于全球维生素K食物成分数据的收集。它们进一步证明了维生素K1/叶绿醌浓度在不同地理区域之间存在显著差异,支持为尚未包含维生素K数据的国家食物成分数据库开发特定区域的数据集。全球都需要此类数据。