TITLE:
Glucosinolates and Sinapine in Camelina Meal
AUTHORS:
Roberto Russo, Remo Reggiani
KEYWORDS:
Camelina sativa L. Crantz, Glucosinolates, Sinapine, Meal, Feeding
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.8 No.12,
December
6,
2017
ABSTRACT: Forty seven accessions of camelina (Camelina sativa L. Crantz) were analyzed
for glucosinolates (GSLs) and sinapine in defatted meal. These antinutritional
compounds are undesirable in camelina meal for use in animal feeding and
therefore we show their variability to identify the best varieties for future
breeding programs. Total GSLs ranged from 19.6 to 40.3 mmol Kg-1 dry
weight (DW) with an average of 30.3 mmol kg-1 DW. Great variability has also
been observed in the levels of individual GSLs (GSL1, GSL2 and GSL3), so
that the content of GSL1 and GSL3 were not correlated to each other in the
accessions of camelina. Five out of six winter forms of camelina showed low
content of GSLs. Sinapine ranged from 1.09 to 4.75 g Kg-1 DW with an average
of 2.57 g kg-1 DW. The sinapine content was not correlated with that of
GSLs. The use of camelina meal is only limited by the presence of GSLs while
sinapine content can be ignored in camelina varieties.