Compositional characteristics of amaranth species used as vegetables

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  • Guadalupe Salvador-Martínez Campus Puebla-Colegio de Postgraduados. Boulevard Forjadores de Puebla núm. 205, Santiago Momoxpan, San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, México. CP. 72760. Tel. 222 2851445, ext. 2074 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8732-3651
  • Enrique Ortiz-Torres Campus Puebla-Colegio de Postgraduados. Boulevard Forjadores de Puebla núm. 205, Santiago Momoxpan, San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, México. CP. 72760. Tel. 222 2851445, ext. 2074
  • Juan de Dios Guerrero-Rodríguez Campus Puebla-Colegio de Postgraduados. Boulevard Forjadores de Puebla núm. 205, Santiago Momoxpan, San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, México. CP. 72760. Tel. 222 2851445, ext. 2074 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9274-0433
  • Oswaldo Rey Taboada-Gaytan Campus Puebla-Colegio de Postgraduados. Boulevard Forjadores de Puebla núm. 205, Santiago Momoxpan, San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, México. CP. 72760. Tel. 222 2851445, ext. 2074 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2190-9849
  • José Andrés Herrera-Corredor Campus Córdoba-Colegio de Postgraduados. Carretera Federal Córdoba-Veracruz km 348, Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, México. CP. 94953. Tel. 55 58046800, ext. 64838 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-2521
  • Carlos Alberto Gómez-Aldapa Área Académica de Química-Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo. Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo km 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo, México. CP. 42184. Tel. 771 7172000, ext. 2518 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4723-3093

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v15i8.3094

Keywords:

Amaranthus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus, México

Abstract

There are few studies on the nutritional quality of young plants of the different species of the genus Amaranthus. The objective was to evaluate the nutritional quality of plants of the species Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., A. cruentus L., and A. hybridus L. grown in the municipalities of Zapotitlán de Méndez and Tochimilco, in the state of Puebla and the municipality of Temoac, Morelos, Mexico. The evaluation included forty-three genotypes classified by species and use in 11 accessions of A. hypochondriacus for grain, 12 of A. hypochondriacus for vegetables, 8 of A. cruentus for grain, and 12 of A. hybridus for vegetables. The trial was established in 2019 in Zapotitlán de Méndez, Puebla, Mexico. The plants were cut 40 days after sowing, then dried, ground and stored to perform a proximate analysis to the samples. It was found that there were no differences (p≤ 0.05) between accessions with use as grain and as vegetables in most of the variables measured, except for neutral detergent fiber and dry stem weight. Between species, there were only differences (p≤ 0.05) in acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber, and ash. Between accessions, there were differences (p≤ 0.05) in all variables, except for dry leaf weight, dry stem weight, and total dry weight. The outstanding accessions to be used as vegetables due to their high content of crude protein and low content of acid detergent fiber and dietary fiber were AV17, AV28, AV29, AV31 and Benito.

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2024-12-26

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Salvador-Martínez, Guadalupe, Enrique Ortiz-Torres, Juan de Dios Guerrero-Rodríguez, Oswaldo Rey Taboada-Gaytan, José Andrés Herrera-Corredor, and Carlos Alberto Gómez-Aldapa. 2024. “Compositional Characteristics of Amaranth Species Used As Vegetables”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 15 (8). México, ME:e3094. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v15i8.3094.

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