Pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo L.) is a nutritionally valuable food and a significant source of income globally. Pumpkin seeds are rich in oil, protein, unsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols, which are associated with...Pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo L.) is a nutritionally valuable food and a significant source of income globally. Pumpkin seeds are rich in oil, protein, unsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols, which are associated with improved human health. Understanding the genetic diversity among pumpkin accessions varying in seed nutrition traits is necessary for designing sound breeding strategies for developing superior cultivars. In the current study, 26 simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers were used to assess genetic relatedness among 29 C. pepo accessions varying in seed oil, seed protein, seed-coat phenotype, seed size and fatty acid composition. The SSR markers revealed 102 alleles averaging 3.92 alleles per loci and mean polymorphic information content (PIC) of 0.44. Eleven of the markers had a PIC of ≥0.5. Ward dendrogram and principle component analysis based on seed traits grouped the genotypes into two major clusters corresponding to subspecies pepo and texana, with all the reduced-hull accessions grouping within the former. Collectively, this data suggests wide phenotypic (seed traits) and genotypic variation within C. pepo that may be exploited to develop superior reduced-hull cultivars.展开更多
以亚临界流体萃取南瓜籽油后的粕为原料,采用碱溶酸沉法制得南瓜籽分离蛋白,研究南瓜籽分离蛋白的溶解性、持水性、乳化性、起泡性、吸油性等功能特性。结果表明:南瓜籽分离蛋白的等电点为p H 5,在等电点时蛋白质功能特性较差,溶解性最...以亚临界流体萃取南瓜籽油后的粕为原料,采用碱溶酸沉法制得南瓜籽分离蛋白,研究南瓜籽分离蛋白的溶解性、持水性、乳化性、起泡性、吸油性等功能特性。结果表明:南瓜籽分离蛋白的等电点为p H 5,在等电点时蛋白质功能特性较差,溶解性最小为4.25%,持水性仅为1.85 g/g,乳化性最弱,乳化性和乳化稳定性分别为52%、38%,起泡性和泡沫稳定性分别为5.77%、33.33%;在强酸和强碱环境中,南瓜籽分离蛋白功能特性较好,溶解性大,达到94.5%,最大持水性为6.33 g/g,最大乳化性和乳化稳定性分别为70%、94%,最大起泡性和泡沫稳定性分别为28.3%、93.33%,最大吸油性为2.33 g/g。展开更多
文摘Pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo L.) is a nutritionally valuable food and a significant source of income globally. Pumpkin seeds are rich in oil, protein, unsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols, which are associated with improved human health. Understanding the genetic diversity among pumpkin accessions varying in seed nutrition traits is necessary for designing sound breeding strategies for developing superior cultivars. In the current study, 26 simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers were used to assess genetic relatedness among 29 C. pepo accessions varying in seed oil, seed protein, seed-coat phenotype, seed size and fatty acid composition. The SSR markers revealed 102 alleles averaging 3.92 alleles per loci and mean polymorphic information content (PIC) of 0.44. Eleven of the markers had a PIC of ≥0.5. Ward dendrogram and principle component analysis based on seed traits grouped the genotypes into two major clusters corresponding to subspecies pepo and texana, with all the reduced-hull accessions grouping within the former. Collectively, this data suggests wide phenotypic (seed traits) and genotypic variation within C. pepo that may be exploited to develop superior reduced-hull cultivars.
