Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 55, Issue 9, Pages 3523-3528Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf063647x
Keywords
folate; potato; Solanum tuberosum; wild species
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Folate deficiency is a leading cause of birth defects and is implicated in several other diseases. We are interested in how much folate concentrations vary among potato germplasm. We determined total folate concentrations of potato tubers from 67 cultivars, advanced breeding lines, or wild species. Folates were extracted by a tri-enzyme treatment and analyzed by using a Lactobacillus rhamnosus microbiological assay. Folate concentrations varied from 521 +/- 96 to 1373 +/- 230 ng/g dry weight and were genotype and location dependent. The highest folate concentrations were mostly found in color-fleshed potatoes. Variations of folate concentrations within either color- or white-fleshed tubers were similar (similar to 2-fold). Skin contained similar to 30% higher folate concentrations than flesh. Storage of tubers for 7 months generally led to an increase in folate contents. Semiquantitative RT-PCR analyses showed that higher folate contents were correlated with lower mRNA expression of some folate genes.
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