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Metabolic association of lipophilic pigments in the organs of soybean sprouts

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Ten soybean sprout varieties were examined for the evaluation of variations in lipophilic pigments, chlorophyll a and b, lutein, and β-carotene in seeds, whole sprouts, cotyledons, and hypocotyls germinated for 5 days in darkness at 20°C with 80% humidity. Variations in lipophilic pigment contents caused a wide separation of each variety on a principal component analysis (PCA) scores plot, indicating that separation of varieties had wider lipophilic pigment responses from whole sprouts and cotyledons than those from seeds and hypocotyls. Hierarchical cluster analysis indicated that clusters of each organ from 10 varieties corresponded to PCA score plot results. Correlation analysis indicated that there were 4 positive correlations in both whole sprouts and cotyledons, but only 1 or none in hypocotyls and seeds. The responses of lipophilic pigments varied highly depending on variety and organ.

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  1. Tree Fruit Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, USA

    Jinwook Lee

  2. Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Korea

    Jinwook Lee & In-Kyu Kang

  3. Department of Herbal Medicine Resource, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Gangwon, 245-907, Korea

    Young-Sun Hwang & Myoung-Gun Choung

  4. Department of Biology, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA

    Young-Sun Hwang

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Lee, J., Hwang, YS., Kang, IK. et al. Metabolic association of lipophilic pigments in the organs of soybean sprouts. Food Sci Biotechnol 24, 859–865 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-015-0111-2

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