Content of Methylated Inositols in Familiar Edible Plants

Familiar plants contain large amounts of inositols; soybean, white clover, red clover, bush clover, locust tree, wisteria, and kudzu of the legume family contain pinitol (3-O-methyl-chiro-inositol) at approximately 200–600 mg/100 g fresh weight (FW). The contents of pinitol in other plants were 260...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2015-03, Vol.63 (10), p.2683-2688
Main Authors: Negishi, Osamu, Mun’im, Abdul, Negishi, Yukiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Inositol - analogs & derivatives
Inositol - chemistry
Molecular Structure
Plant Extracts - chemistry
Plants, Edible - chemistry
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Summary:Familiar plants contain large amounts of inositols; soybean, white clover, red clover, bush clover, locust tree, wisteria, and kudzu of the legume family contain pinitol (3-O-methyl-chiro-inositol) at approximately 200–600 mg/100 g fresh weight (FW). The contents of pinitol in other plants were 260 mg/100 g FW for sticky mouse-ear, 275 mg/100 g FW for chickweed, and 332 mg/100 g FW for ginkgo. chiro-Inositol of 191 and 156 mg/100 g FW was also found in dandelion and Japanese mallotus, respectively. Ononitol (4-O-methyl-myo-inositol) of 166 mg/100 g FW was found in sticky mouse-ear. Furthermore, young leaves of ginkgo contained sequoyitol (5-O-methyl-myo-inositol) of 287 mg/100 g FW. Hydroxyl radical scavenging activities of the methylated inositols were higher than those of the original inositols. Effective uses of these familiar edible plants are expected to promote good health.
ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf5041367