Wata ƙungiyar masu bincike a Jami'ar Jihar Montana da Jami'ar Jahar Arewa ta Dakota kwanan nan sun ba da rahoto game da sakamakon binciken cikin nau'ikan dankalin da ake tunanin suna da ƙarancin glycemic index (GI). An buga sakamakon a cikin shirin da ba a yarda da shi ba a ranar 9 ga Agusta ta bioRxiv.
A cikin taƙaitaccen bayani, ƙungiyar bincike ta nuna cewa dankali yana ba da carbohydrates masu mahimmanci da bitamin tare da ƙaramin kitse ga mahimmin ɓangaren mutanen duniya. Koyaya, yawancin dankalin da aka samar da kasuwanci suna da babban abun ciki na sitaci amylopectin mai reshe, wanda gaba ɗaya yana haifar da babban glycemic index (GI). Amfani da abinci tare da manyan matakan amylopectin yana haifar da saurin hauhawar matakan glucose na jini, wanda ba a so ga mutanen da ke da ciwon sukari, masu ciwon sukari, ko masu kiba.
A cewar masu binciken, wasu nau'ikan noman dankali tare da ƙananan matakan amylopectin masu saurin narkewa a baya an gano su kuma ana samun su a kasuwanni masu kyau a wasu ƙasashe, amma ba su da yawa a Amurka da Latin America.
Ƙungiyar binciken ta kimanta noman dankalin turawa guda 60 don gano ƙwaro da ƙarancin amylopectin - waɗanda ake tunanin suna da ƙarancin GI. Kodayake an gano bambance -bambance a tsakanin masu noman, mafi alherin shine Huckleberry Gold, Muru, Multa, Green Mountain, da giciye na Oktoba Blue x Colorado Rose.
Masana kimiyya sun ce ƙarin aiki ya zama dole don yin rikodin ikon waɗannan ƙarancin amylopectin cultivars don rage matakan ƙimar glucose na jini a cikin batutuwan ɗan adam.