Nutritional quality and health risks of wheat grains from organic and conventional cropping systems

Yang Zhang; Suzhen Cao; Zhiyong Zhang; Xiaodan Meng; Chien Hsiaoping; Changbin Yin; Hao Jiang; Shu Wang

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125584

Nutritional quality and health risks of wheat grains from organic and conventional cropping systems

Food Chem. 2020 Mar 5:308:125584. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125584. Epub 2019 Oct 11.

Authors

Yang Zhang¹, Suzhen Cao², Zhiyong Zhang³, Xiaodan Meng³, Chien Hsiaoping⁴, Changbin Yin⁵, Hao Jiang⁶, Shu Wang⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China.
² School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
³ College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; The Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Food Crops, College of Agronomy, Henan Agriculture University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
⁴ Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan.
⁵ Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Key Laboratory of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China. Electronic address: yinchangbin@caas.cn.
⁶ Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.

PMID: 31654976
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125584

Abstract

The influence of cropping systems on nutrition and food safety is controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an organic cropping system (OCS) on wheat nutrition and food safety at the molecular level by using a comprehensive research method. Nutrient deviation in samples from an OCS and a conventional cropping system (CCS) were detected, and 58 biomarkers were selected through multivariate statistical analysis and were further qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. The health risk of heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) for different populations was assessed based on the estimated average daily dose and recommended ingestion reference dose, which indicated that populations ingesting grains from OCSs had higher non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks. Additionally, HMs posed greater non-carcinogenic risks to children under five years old and greater carcinogenic risks to adults.This study highlights the need to consider the potential risk from HMs and nutritive ingredient differences in organic food.

Keywords: Health risk assessment; Heavy metals; Metabolomics; Nutrition; Wheat.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Metals, Heavy / analysis
Nutritive Value
Triticum / chemistry*

Substances

Metals, Heavy