%0 Journal Article
%T Regiospecific Profiles of Fatty Acids in Triacylglycerols and Phospholipids from Adzuki Beans (Vigna angularis)
%A Hiromi Yoshida
%A Yuka Tomiyama
%A Naoko Yoshida
%A Kyoko Shibata
%A Yoshiyuki Mizushina
%J Nutrients
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/nu2010049
%X Regiospecific distributions of fatty acids (FA) of triacylglycerols (TAG) and phospholipids (PL) isolated from five cultivars of adzuki beans ( Vigna angularis) were investigated. The lipids comprised mainly PL (72.2¨C73.4 wt-%) and TAG (20.6¨C21.9 wt-%), whilst other components were detected in minor proportions (0.1¨C3.4 wt-%). The principal profiles of the FA distribution in the TAG and PL were evident in the beans among the five cultivars: unsaturated FA were predominantly distributed in the sn-2 position, whilst saturated FA primarily occupied the sn-1 or the sn-3 position in the these lipids. The results would be useful information to both producers and consumers for manufacturing traditional adzuki confectionaries such as wagashi in Japan.
%K adzuki beans (Vigna angularis)
%K fatty acids
%K phosphatidylcholine
%K phosphatidyl- ethanolamine
%K phosphatidylinositol
%K regiospecific characteristics
%K triacylglycerols
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/2/1/49