Method of producing seed and plant containing vitamin B12
AssigneeHiroshima University
InventorKazuyoshi Sato
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to producing a plant containing vitamin B12. Accordingly, the present invention provides a seed and a plant containing vitamin B12. The present invention is also directed to a method of producing a plant containing vitamin B12 comprising soaking a seed, spore or hypha of a plant in a soaking solution containing vitamin B12, and cultivating the seed, spore or hypha of the plant thus soaked. Furthermore, the present invention provides a soaking solution containing vitamin B12 for introducing vitamin B12 into a plant.
Claims6
A method of producing edible sprouts containing not less than 0.01 μg of vitamin B12 per edible portion (g), said method comprising:
- soaking a seed of the edible sprouts in a soaking solution containing not less than 100 μg/mL of vitamin B12;
- removing the seed from the soaking solution and cultivating the seed in a hydroponic seedbed containing no vitamin B12;
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- harvesting the edible sprouts containing not less 0.01 μg of vitamin B12 per 1 g of the edible portion of the edible sprouts,
- wherein the edible sprouts are white radish (kaiware daikon) sprouts or bean sprouts.
A method of producing edible sprouts, comprising:
- soaking a seed of the edible sprouts in a soaking solution containing 100 μg/mL to 200 μg/mL of vitamin B12 for 30 minutes to 3 hours;
- removing the seed from the soaking solution and cultivating the seed in a hydroponic seedbed containing no vitamin B12;
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- harvesting the edible sprouts containing not less than 0.01 μg of vitamin B12 per 1 g of the edible portion of the edible sprouts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.