Characterization and quantification of folates produced by yeast strains isolated from kefir granules
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2006

For the first time to our knowledge, distribution and content of individual folate forms in kefir yeast strains were investigated. This was done using a validated method based on reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence and diode array (DAD) detection. Eight kefir yeast strains, belonging to different Candida and Saccharomyces species, were isolated from Russian kefir granules. They were grown in synthetic media at standardized conditions before analysis. The average folate content for these yeast strains was 10,780 +/- 550 mu g/100 g dry matter. In all yeast strains tested, the most abundant folate forms as percentages were 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (43-59%), and 5-formyltetrahydrofolate (23-38%), whereas tetrahydrafolate occurred in a lesser proportion (19-23%).

Författare

Johan Patring

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU)

Sofia Hjortmo

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Jelena Jastrebova

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU)

Ulla Svensson

Arla Foods

Thomas Andlid

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Margaretha Jägerstad

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU)

European Food Research and Technology

1438-2377 (ISSN) 1438-2385 (eISSN)

Vol. 223 5 633-637

Ämneskategorier

Industriell bioteknik

DOI

10.1007/s00217-005-0245-1

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