Food Science and Technology Research
Online ISSN : 1881-3984
Print ISSN : 1344-6606
ISSN-L : 1344-6606
Notes
Changes in Sugar Content and Antioxidant Activity of Allium Vegetables by Salinity-stress
Mika ArakakiMakoto TakahashiMd. Amzad HossainKoji Wada
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS FULL-TEXT HTML

2014 Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 705-710

Details
Abstract

Three Allium vegetables, Welsh onion from Okinawa, and Wakegi from Okinawa and Nagasaki were subjected to salinity-stress using seawater. The K+/Na+ ratio of the three Allium vegetables clearly decreased; however, there was no significant effect on growth parameters. Of the three Allium vegetables, 10% seawater treatment of Welsh onion and Wakegi from Nagasaki clearly enhanced both the sugar content and antioxidant activity. Therefore, seawater treatment may be potentially useful for the development of value-added Allium vegetables, enhancing the palatability and food functionality.

Content from these authors
© 2014 by Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top