Do “ancient” wheat species differ from modern bread wheat in their contents of bioactive components?

Abstract Ancient wheat species (einkorn, emmer, spelt and Khorasan wheat) have been suggested to have health benefits when compared with modern cultivars of bread and durum wheat. Although limited data are available on the contents and compositions of bioactive components in ancient wheat species, reported studies show that they differ little from modern wheat species in the contents of most bioactive components, and may be lower in some components (such as dietary fibre). Although einkorn, emmer and Khorasan wheat all have higher high contents of the carotenoid lutein than bread wheat, durum wheat is also rich in lutein due to selection for yellow colour. These reported analyses do not support the suggestion that ancient wheats are generally more “healthy” than modern wheats.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Cereal Science

• Publication date

  2015-09-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.JCS.2015.07.014
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• The reported analyses do not support the idea that ancient wheats are generally more healthy than modern wheats.

  Confidence 0.93

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• Einkorn, emmer, and Khorasan wheat have higher lutein contents than bread wheat.

  Confidence 0.96

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• Ancient wheat species may be lower than modern wheat in some bioactive components, including dietary fibre.

  Confidence 0.91

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• Ancient wheat species differ little from modern wheat species in the contents of most bioactive components.

  Confidence 0.95

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review

• ancient wheat species

  crop group

  A group of wheat types discussed in the abstract, including einkorn, emmer, spelt, and Khorasan wheat.

  Aliases: ancient wheats, einkorn, emmer, spelt, Khorasan wheat

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• bioactive components

  compound class

  Wheat grain constituents studied for possible health-related activity in the abstract.

  Aliases: bioactive compounds

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• dietary fibre

  nutrient

  The non-digestible carbohydrate fraction of wheat grain discussed as one of the measured components.

  Aliases: fibre, fiber

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• lutein

  carotenoid, compound

  A yellow carotenoid pigment measured among the wheat bioactive components in the abstract.

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• modern bread wheat

  crop species

  The common modern wheat species used primarily for bread-making.

  Aliases: bread wheat

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• modern durum wheat

  crop species

  The modern wheat species commonly associated with durum products such as pasta and semolina.

  Aliases: durum wheat

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• yellow colour selection

  breeding factor

  Breeding selection for yellow kernel colour mentioned as the reason durum wheat is rich in lutein.

  Aliases: yellow color selection

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewq (76h6bfydm6) reviewAK (4715169a40) review

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