Prakash D, Joshi B D, Pal M
National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
Int J Food Sci Nutr. 1995 Feb;46(1):47-51. doi: 10.3109/09637489509003385.
The foliage of 62 specimens of Amaranthus belonging to 10 species of grain and four of vegetable type were analysed for vitamin C content. The overall range of vitamin C was from 69 (A. cruentus, AG-122) to 288 mg/100 g (A. hypochondriacus, Rasna) in the grain type and 62 (A. tricolor, Amar-peet) to 209 mg/100 g (A. tricolor, AV-101, exp) in the vegetable type (fresh weight). Variation of vitamin C with leaf position (age) was also studied. While the oil content in 110 lines of A. hypochondriacus varied from 4.4 to 13.2%, most of the specimens had promising oil composition with regard to unsaturated fatty acids.
对属于10种谷物类型和4种蔬菜类型的62份苋属标本的叶子进行了维生素C含量分析。谷物类型中维生素C的总体范围为69（尾穗苋，AG - 122）至288毫克/100克（千穗谷，Rasna），蔬菜类型中维生素C的总体范围为62（三色苋，Amar - peet）至209毫克/100克（三色苋，AV - 101，exp）（鲜重）。还研究了维生素C随叶位（年龄）的变化。虽然110个千穗谷品系的油含量在4.4%至13.2%之间变化，但大多数标本在不饱和脂肪酸方面具有良好的油成分。
