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ArticleJournal of food science and technology2016

Relative bioavailability of folate from the traditional food plant Moringa oleifera L. as evaluated in a rat model.

R K Saini, P Manoj, N P Shetty, K Srinivasan, P Giridhar

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Article in Journal of food science and technology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R K SainiPlant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570 020 India ; Department of Molecular Biotechnology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.
P ManojPlant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570 020 India.
N P ShettyPlant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570 020 India.
K SrinivasanBiochemistry & Nutrition Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570 020 India.
P GiridharPlant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570 020 India.
Central Food Technological Research Institute · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moringa oleifera is an affordable and rich source of dietary folate. Quantification of folate by HPLC showed that 5-formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid (502.1 μg/100 g DW) and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid (223.9 μg/100 g DW) as the most dominant forms of folate in M. oleifera leaves. The bioavailability of folate and the effects of folate depletion and repletion on biochemical and molecular markers of folate status were investigated in Wistar rats. Folate deficiency was induced by keeping the animals on a folate deficient diet with 1 % succinyl sulfathiazole (w/w). After the depletion period, animals were repleted with different levels of folic acid and M. oleifera leaves as a source of folate. Feeding the animals on a folate deficient diet for 7 weeks caused a significant (3.4-fold) decrease in serum folate content, compared to non-depleted control animals. Relative bioavailability of folate from dehydrated leaves of M. oleifera was 81.9 %. During folate depletion and repletion, no significant changes in liver glycine N-methyl transferase and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase expression were recorded. In RDA calculations, only 50 % of natural folate is assumed to be bioavailable. Therefore, the bioavailability of folate from Moringa is much higher, suggesting that M. oleifera based food can be used as a significant source of folate.

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Folate bioavailabilityFolate repletionGene expressionLiver GNMTMoringa oleifera

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PMID26787970
PMCPMC4711403
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