Abstract
Ergothioneine (ERGO) is a potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory amino acid that is produced in nature mainly by non-yeast fungi, cyanobacteria, and mycobacteria. Mounting evidence suggests that ERGO can be considered a longevity vitamin that can mitigate chronic diseases of aging and thereby increase life expectancy. Humans must obtain ERGO from their diet, and it is therefore important to know which foods contain it. Although ERGO is not produced by plants it is found in plant products such as grain, apparently because detrital or symbiotic soil fungi pass on ERGO to plants through their roots. Besides differences between plant species in their ability to accumulate ERGO, how they are managed might also affect its concentration. Soil tillage has been shown to reduce soil fungal biomass, and therefore ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared. ERGO concentrations declined in all three crops as tillage intensity increased, with reductions from no till to moldboard plow of approximately 30% in all three crops. Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity. This study is one of the first to show that soil health improving practices that minimize soil disturbance can directly enhance a key dietary factor associated with long-term human health.
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Claim · model-written summary
Ergothioneine concentration in maize declined approximately 30% from no till to moldboard plowing.
- Treatment
- moldboard plowe0
- Outcome
- ERGO concentrationse0
- Direction
- declinede0
- Value
- approximately 30%e0
- Comparator
- no tille0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“ERGO concentrations declined in all three crops as tillage intensity increased, with reductions from no till to moldboard plow of approximately 30% in all three crops.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ergothioneine concentration in soybeans declined approximately 30% from no till to moldboard plowing.
- Taxon
- soybeans
Glycine maxe1 - Treatment
- moldboard plowe0
- Outcome
- ERGO concentrationse0
- Direction
- declinede0
- Value
- approximately 30%e0
- Comparator
- no tille0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“ERGO concentrations declined in all three crops as tillage intensity increased, with reductions from no till to moldboard plow of approximately 30% in all three crops.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ergothioneine concentration in oats declined approximately 30% from no till to moldboard plowing.
- Taxon
- oats
Avena sativae1 - Treatment
- moldboard plowe0
- Outcome
- ERGO concentrationse0
- Direction
- declinede0
- Value
- approximately 30%e0
- Comparator
- no tille0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“ERGO concentrations declined in all three crops as tillage intensity increased, with reductions from no till to moldboard plow of approximately 30% in all three crops.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Intensive tillage negatively affected maize crop yield.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Intensive tillage negatively affected soybeans crop yield.
- Taxon
- soybeansGlycine maxe1
- Treatment
- intensive tillagee0
- Outcome
- crop yielde0
- Direction
- negatively impactede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Intensive tillage negatively affected oats crop yield.
- Taxon
- oatsAvena sativae1
- Treatment
- intensive tillagee0
- Outcome
- crop yielde0
- Direction
- negatively impactede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing tillage intensity reduced maize ergothioneine yield per hectare.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing tillage intensity reduced soybeans ergothioneine yield per hectare.
- Taxon
- soybeansGlycine maxe1
- Treatment
- increasing tillage intensitye0
- Outcome
- ERGO yield per hectaree0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing tillage intensity reduced oats ergothioneine yield per hectare.
- Taxon
- oatsAvena sativae1
- Treatment
- increasing tillage intensitye0
- Outcome
- ERGO yield per hectaree0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because crop yield was also negatively impacted by intensive tillage, ERGO yield per hectare was reduced even more due to increasing tillage intensity.”
e1“ERGO contents in maize, soybeans, and oats grown in soil managed with annual moldboard plowing (most intensive), chisel/disking (less intensive), or no-tillage (least intensive) in crop rotation were compared.”
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