An investigation on minerals, arabinoxylans and other fibres of biofortified hull-less barley fractions obtained by two milling systems

Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2020.103098

The aims of the present study were to compare arabinoxylan, glucomannan, arabinogalactan, dietary fibre and mineral contents of fibre rich and enriched-fibre rich fractions (FRF, E-FRF) obtained by two milling systems from biofortified (+) and non-biofortified (−) hull-less barley cultivar, Yalin and determine impact of biofortification (Zn, I, Se). Arabinoxylan contents and recoveries of FRF obtained by roller mill (FRFR) were 6.52% and 6.70%; 82.6% and 83.3% while those of FRF obtained by hammer mill (FRFH) were 7.36% and 7.24%; 73.9% and 73.5% for Yalin (−) and Yalin (+), respectively. Likewise, arabinoxylan contents and recoveries of E-FRFR were 11.91, 11.66%; 70.8% and 67.2% while those of E-FRFH were 11.70%, 12.13%; 61.3% and 64.9% for Yalin (−) and Yalin (+), respectively. Arabinogalactan contents of E-FRFR and E-FRFH were comparable (1.32–1.45%) for both Yalin samples. Their glucomannan contents were higher than arabinogalactan contents (1.79–1.90%). Furthermore, total dietary fibre contents of E-FRFR and E-FRFH were determined as 2.4–2.7 fold higher than their whole grain Yalin samples. Zinc, iodine, selenium contents (22 mg kg−1, 16 μg kg−1, 122 μg kg−1) of the whole grain of Yalin (−) increased through biofortification and milling and reached to 59 mg kg−1, 383 μg kg−1, 345 μg kg−1 in E-FRFR of Yalin (+), respectively.