Nutritive Value, Polyphenolic Content, and Bioactive Constitution of Green, Red and Flowering Plants

• Autore: El-Nakhel Christophe
• Pubblicazione: Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Biology, life sciences; Research and information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: air humidity (RH); anthocyanins; antioxidant activity; antioxidant capacity; antioxidants; Apiaceae; ascorbic acid; bioactive compounds; biostimulant; carbohydrates; carotenoids; chlorophylls; chromium; Cichorium endivia L. var. crispum Hegi; controlled environment agriculture (CEA); cosmic radiation; crop sensor; esters; ethnopharmacology; flavonoids; floating raft system; freezing and drying impact; functional components; functional compounds; genetic material; glucose-lowering activity; glycosidic precursors; greenhouse clear film; greenhouse diffuse-light film; growing season; harvest time; HPLC; iodine concentration; Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata; leaf gas exchange; macronutrients; mineral profile; minerals; minerals profile; n/a; natural antioxidants; nitrate content; nitrates; phenolic acids; phenols; pigments; polyphenol; polyphenolics; potassium; protected horticulture; protein; reduced sugars; reflectance spectroscopy; root application; seeds; Solanum lycopersicum L.; space-stored seeds; spinach yield; Spinacia oleracea L.; sugars; terpenols; tomato and carrot by-products; total dissolved solids; trans-resveratrol; UHPLC-HRMS; vitamin C; vitamin E; Vitis vinifera; weightlessness; yield
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• Sommario/riassunto: Plants, including vegetables, are an essential element of the human diet, considering their dense nutritional content and bioactive content that could assist in boosting nutritional quality and food security. Plants are exhibiting a colossal rebound in the context of healthier lifestyles, especially as functional foods empowered with bioactive phytochemicals; they synthesize uncountable "ecochemicals" via secondary metabolism, which command medical and socioeconomic significance. Among these secondary metabolites, phenolic compounds are of prime interest and are largely present in medicinal plants, herbs, vegetables, and flowers. These metabolites are at the helm of the bitterness, color, and scent of plants, and are correlated to the beneficial health qualities expressed by the antioxidant capacity. The accretion of these health-promoting phytochemicals depends chiefly on the genetic material and the maturity stage at harvest, notwithstanding the main role that is played by preharvest factors, i.e., eustress, fertilization, irrigation, light, biostimulants, biofortification, and other agronomic practices. This Special Issue is a collection of 11 original research articles addressing the quality of seeds, microgreens, leafy vegetables, herbs, flowers, berries, fruits, and byproducts. Mainly preharvest factors were assessed regarding their effect on the qualitative aspects of the aforementioned plants.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nutritive Value, Polyphenolic Content, and Bioactive Constitution of Green, Red and Flowering Plants
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910585937303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II