title: Regiospecific profiles of fatty acids in triacylglycerols and phospholipids from Adzuki beans (Vigna angularis).
abstract: Regiospecific distributions of fatty acids (FA) of triacylglycerols (TAG) and phospholipids (PL) isolated from five cultivars of adzuki beans (Vigna angularis) were investigated. The lipids comprised mainly PL (72.2-73.4 wt-%) and TAG (20.6-21.9 wt-%), whilst other components were detected in minor proportions (0.1-3.4 wt-%). The principal profiles of the FA distribution in the TAG and PL were evident in the beans among the five cultivars: unsaturated FA were predominantly distributed in the sn-2 position, whilst saturated FA primarily occupied the sn-1 or the sn-3 position in the these lipids. The results would be useful information to both producers and consumers for manufacturing traditional adzuki confectionaries such as wagashi in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2180 Japan. yoshida@nutr.kobegakuin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomiyama
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizushina
mesh_terms: D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D014280:Triglycerides