Purple maize ‘Moragro’: An ancestral treasure for health

This recently published study focused on analysing the purple maize ‘Moragro’ to understand its health properties. The Moragro variety is among the maize breeding plans at the School of Agricultural Sciences of the National University of Cordoba. During the research, a total of 26 phenolic compounds were identified. In addition, an in vitro simulated digestion model was carried out to understand how the bioactive compounds of ‘Moragro’ behaved during digestion. Finally, digestion samples were used to study their effect on Caco-2 cells in an experimental model.
The study of ‘Moragro’ opens up a range of possibilities for the development of new functional foods and nutritional strategies that promote health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08960