Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:General public Changes/Problems:Extended the research from Chinese cabbdge to Sweet potato and other vegetables. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Posters were presented in Rural conference to faculty, students, staff, farmers, and agricultural agents and in the conference of ASA, CSSA, and SSSA for professionals. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research were presented to audiencethrough Journal, conference, and field day. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Project was completed by September 30, 2016.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Completed experienment in greenhouse and home garden. Selected varietieswith higher carotenoids for future research. Six abstract and posters were presented. Three Journal papers were published.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Bihu. Huang, Zelalem Adam, Shahidul Islam, Lin Xie,Li Li. 2013. DETERMINATION OF CAROTENOIDSIN CHINESE CABBAGE BY HPLC. Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal.Vol. 12:3-5
Bihu Huang, Obadiah Njue, Adam Zelalem, Shahidule Islam, and Li Li. 2015. Separation and Determination of Carotenoids in Sweet Potato. Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal.Vol. 14:3-6.
Bihu Huang, Adam Zelalem, Shahidule Islam, and Li Li. 2016. Carotenoids in Chinese Vegetables: Determination and Separation by HPLC. Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal.Vol. 15-16:48-51.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Bihu Huang, Zelalem Adam, Shahidul Islam, Li Li, Lin Xie. 2013. Determination of carotenoids in Chinese Cabbage by HPLC Chromatogram. Poster in Rural Conference Feb, 2013.
Bihu Huang, Zelalem Adam, Shahidul Islam, Li Li. 2013. Identifying of carotenoids in Chinese cabbage. Abstract. ARD meeting in April 2013.
Huang, B., Njue, O. 1Adam, Z., Islam, S., Li, L.SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CAROTENOIDS IN SWEET POTATO BY HPLC CHROMATOGRAM. Abstract/poster. ASA CSSA and SSSA conference 2015.
Huang,B., Islam, S.,Adam,Z., Islam,S., Li, L.Carotenoids in Chinese vegetables: Determination and Separation by HPLC. Abstract/poster, Rural conference 2016.
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Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience:All kind of people should be care of it because Carotenoids have long been recognized as essential nutrients and important health beneficial compounds. Posters had been presented in the Rual Conference in Feb, 2015. Audience include faculty, students, fstaff, armers, Agricultural angents and others about 350 people participated this rual conference. Poster also presented to ASA, CSSA, and SSSA conference with a maxium audience 10,000. A jurnal paper had been published to Arkansas Evironmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal. The audience include faculty, students, staff, farmers and agents in Arkanasas State. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?All kind of people should be care of it because Carotenoids have long been recognized as essential nutrients and important health beneficial compounds. As animals and humans are unable to synthesize carotenoids, they have to depend on diet for these essential products. Food biofortification with enhanced pro-vitamin A carotenoids offers a sustainable way to combat vitamin A deficiency. Sweet potato can be one of the diets providing a source of vitamin A to enhance the functioning of human immune system. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Data had been presented as posters and Journal paper. Poster had presented in Rual Conference facing about 300 audience which included faculty, students, staff, farmers, and agents. Poster also presented in ASA, CSSA, and SSSA conference facing about 10,000 audience which included faculty, students, scientists, and agents. Journal paper published in Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal for Arkansas audience. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Identify carotenoidsfor2 Chinese vegetables, Han Cai, Zi Su, as well asSouth Red, and Soth Beauty. Will demonstrate a poster for Rural Conference and ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference; will publish a journal paper in 2016. Project will be completed this year.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Fivevarieties of sweet potato, Stokes, Bonita, Covington, Beauregard B94-14, and Beauregard B63 were selected from the sweet potato breeding program in University of Arkasas at Pine Bluff to identify β-carotene, Zeazanthin, Lutein, and Violazanthin, the four most common carotenoids in vegetables. The carotenoids from the sweet potato were extracted and analyzed. Identification and quantification of each component by HPLC were based on the comparison of the retention times and spectroscopic properties of the unknown with that of the standards. The orange-colored sweet potato contained more β-carotene than the sweet potatoes of other colors. The three orange-colored sweet potatoes, Covington, Beauregard (B94-14), Beauregard (B63), contained high amounts of β-carotene especially the variety of Beauregard B63 which contained more than two times β-carotene than varieties of Covington and Beauregard (B94-14), about 14 times more than variety of Stokes, and about 92 times more than variety of Bonita. Bonita with white color contained less β-carotene but high Zeazanthin. Purple sweet potato Stokes contained some β-carotene and very little Zeazanthin, Lutein, and Violazanthin. Poster had presented the results to Rural Conference and ASA-CSSA-SSSA conference, and one paper had published in 2015.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Separation and Determination of Carotenoids in Sweetpotato by HPLC Chromatogram. 2015. Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal. Vol. 14. P3-6.
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Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems: Research had extended to other Chinese vegetable for the indentifying of carotenoids. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue to select the varieties and to indetify the type of carotenoids and their contents. Also it will be expanded to other Chinese vegatebal that may contain the carotenoids.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Nine varieties of Chinese cabbages were investigated for B-carotene, lutein, zeazanthin and violazanthin, the most common carotenoids in leafy vegetables. Separation and identification were conducted using HPLC and spectroscopic properties of each carotenoid. Seven varieties happen to contain varying concentrations of one or more of the four carotenoids. B-carotene and lutein appear to be more frequent, while zeazanthin occurs in only one variety. Research extend to another Chinese vegetable: Haichai, which color is red and green. Haichai is a health vegetable and taste good. Our varieties of Haichai were investigated for B-carotene, lutein, zeazanthin and violazanthin, the most common carotenoids in leafy vegetables. Separation and identification were conducted using HPLC and spectroscopic properties of each carotenoid. All four varieties contains high B-carotene and lutein, and zeazanthin and Violazanthin were trace in all the four varieties.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Arkansas farmers andagents. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Data published in Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal and presented in the Ruarl confecnce which has offered farmers, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff faculty and students, representatives from public and private agencies and others the opportunity to discuss, document and develop solutions to challenges facing rural Arkansas. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue to select the varieties and to indetify the type of carotenoids and their contents. Also it will be expanded to other Chinese vegatebal that may contain the carotenoids.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
It have been know that food sources of carotenoids include carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, collard greens, and tomatoes. Less research has reported the caroteniods in Chinese cabbage. Chinese cabbage is a member of the Cruciferae family, and is more closely related to mustard than to cabbage. Though seemingly new to Southern diets, Chinese cabbage has been cultivated in North America for more than a century and in China for almost 1,500 years. Chinese cabbage is low in calories and low in sodium, but high in vitamin A, and is an excellent source of provitamin A carotenoids. Nine varieties of Chinese cabbages were investigated for B-carotene, lutein, zeazanthin and violazanthin, the most common carotenoids in leafy vegetables. Separation and identification were conducted using HPLC and spectroscopic properties of each carotenoid. Seven varieties happen to contain varying concentrations of one or more of the four carotenoids. B-carotene and lutein appear to be more frequent, while zeazanthin occurs in only one variety.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Bihu. Huang, Zelalem Adam, Shahidul Islam, Lin Xie,Li Li. 2013. DETERMINATION OF CAROTENOIDSIN CHINESE CABBAGE BY HPLC. Arkansas Environmental, Agricultural and Consumer Sciences Journal.Vol. 12:3-5
Determination of carotenoids in Chinese Cabbage by HPLC Chromatogram. Abstract. ASA_CSSA_SSSA meeting. Tampa FL.2013.
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Nine varieties of Chinese cabbage were selected and planted in field and green house in University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the spring and Fall of 2012. Samples were collected at the harvest time. Havested samples had been analized by HPLC Chromatogram. β -Carotene, Zeazanthin, Lutein, and Violazanthin had been determined. PARTICIPANTS: PI/PD: Bihu Huang, Associate professor. Department of Agriculture, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Phone: 870-575-8821; email: huangb@uapb.edu Bihu Huang is the principle investigator. She was response for experiment design, planting and sampling, and preparing abstract and presentations. Zelalem Adam, lab manager, who is response for sample analysis using HPLC. TARGET AUDIENCES: Findings of this project will be presented in scientific conferencs such as ARD meeting. Information and knowledge will be distributed to small farmers and agent through Annual Rural Life Conference in Arkansas. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: I want to expan the crop from only Chinese cabbage to other Chinese vegetables. Those Chines vegetable I want to use in my project have not been well known by America people as a good source of diets. Those Chinese vegetables not only contained high carotenoids, but also have good taste.
Impacts
It have been know that food sources of carotenoids include carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, collard greens, and tomatoes. Less research has reported the caroteniods in Chinese cabbage. Chinese cabbage is a member of the Cruciferae family, and is more closely related to mustard than to cabbage. Though seemingly new to Southern diets, Chinese cabbage has been cultivated in North America for more than a century and in China for almost 1,500 years. Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and play a critical role in human nutrition and health. Carotenoids have long been recognized as essential nutrients and important health beneficial compounds. As humans are unable to synthesize carotenoids, they have to depend on diet for these essential products. "Pro-vitamin A" carotenoids, such as β-carotene, provide the primary dietary sources of vitamin A. The deficiency of vitamin A is one of the most noticeable nutritional problems in many parts of the world. Over recent years there has been considerable interest in dietary carotenoids with respect to their potential in alleviating age-related diseases in humans. The high economic value of carotenoids is a nutritional source of vitamin A, and health-promoting compounds in foods. The indispensable role of carotenoids in plants and the increasing interest in their health benefits to humans have prompted a significant effort to gain a better understanding of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants. Chinese cabbage is low in calories and low in sodium, but high in vitamin A, and is an excellent source of provitamin A carotenoids.Chinese cabbage contains about 25 times the provitamin A carotenoids contained in ordinary cabbage,and is believed by some to play a positive role in preventing stomach cancer and colon cancer.
Publications
- Abstract submitted in 2012 for ARD meeting: Huang,B., Adam,Z., Islam,S., Li, L.,2013. Identifying of carotinoids in Chinese cabbage. 17th ARD Research Symposium.
- Abstract submitted in 2012 to Annual Rural Life Conference: Huang,B., Adam,Z., Islam,S., Li, L.,Xie, L. 2013. Determination of carotenoids in Chinese Cabbage by HPLC. 57th Annual Rural Life Conference.
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