African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Evaluation of luteolin from shells of Korean peanut cultivars for industrial utilization

Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Suk-Bok Pae*, Byoung-Kyu Lee and In-Youl Baek
Legume and Oil Crop Research Division, Department of Functional Crop, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Miryang, 672-803, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 05 July 2013
  •  Published: 31 July 2013

Abstract

Luteolin is a medicinally valuable phyto-chemical, which was indentified in plants. This study was aimed to analyse the luteolin content in peanut waste (shell) of 42 peanut cultivars. The concentration of luteolin varied in the range of 546.8 to 4485.0 mg/kg and a significantly higher concentration of luteolin (4485.0 mg) was found in Mikwang. This is the first report on luteolin analysis in Korean peanut shells. The results of the present study suggest that Mikwang peanut shells have higher concentration of luteolin, which would be useful for agricultural, industrial and pharmaceutical purposes.

Key words: Luteolin, peanut, shell, Mikwang.

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