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Title: How much Folate (Vitamin B9) is in Potatoes?

Author
item Navarre, Duroy - Roy
item GOYER, AMERIC - WASHINGTON ST UNIV

Submitted to: Potato Progress
Publication Type: Trade Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/20/2007
Publication Date: 10/4/2007
Citation: Navarre, D.A., Goyer, A. 2007. How much Folate (Vitamin B9) is in Potatoes?. Potato Progress. Volume VII, Number 14, page 1-2, 2007.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: We used a microbial assay to measure folate levels in mature tubers from ~80 different cultivars and wild species. We found about a 3-fold difference in folate concentrations between tubers with the lowest and highest concentrations. Of the top 10 varieties, 7 were yellow fleshed, 2 were red fleshed and one was white fleshed. No wild species was in the top 10, however, the wild species appeared to have a greater range of folate concentrations than the cultivars, which suggests we should examine more wild species.