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Food Science & Technology
Callistus Bvenura, Hildegard Witbooi, Learnmore Kambizi
Summary: This article introduces the commercialization of potato cultivars and their potential health benefits, as well as emphasizes the direct threat to plant biodiversity and local culture posed by the underutilization of these resources.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexandra A. Bennett, Elizabeth H. Mahood, Kai Fan, Gaurav D. Moghe
Summary: This study showed that purple-fleshed sweet potatoes grown in northern latitudes have rich anthocyanin content and diverse flavonoids, with different cultivars exhibiting variable distributions. The results provide important insights for growers and highlight the structural diversity of anthocyanins and flavonoids in this popular crop.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Yongxia Huang, Siyuan Zhou, Guohua Zhao, Fayin Ye
Summary: Purple-fleshed sweet potatoes contain 42 anthocyanin monomers, primarily cyanidin and peonidin derivatives. These anthocyanins are vulnerable to destabilization due to various factors, but can be stabilized or protected through copigmentation, encapsulation, and protective agents.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Applied
Shirley L. Sampaio, Julien Lonchamp, Maria Ines Dias, Catriona Liddle, Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Jasmina Glamoclija, Alexios Alexopoulos, Celestino Santos-Buelga, Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira, Lillian Barros
Summary: The study found that aqueous extracts from seven different coloured potato varieties are rich in anthocyanins, exhibit good antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities, and can be used as natural food colorants.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kim S. Stote, Gracie Burns, Kim Mears, Marva Sweeney, Cynthia Blanton
Summary: Bioactive compounds in berries protect DNA, proteins, and lipids from oxidative damage by scavenging reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. This study reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to examine the effects of non-acute berry consumption on biomarkers of oxidative stress. Out of the 28 RCTs evaluated, 32% of the biomarkers showed statistically significant beneficial results, while 68% showed no significant differences. Further well-designed and longer-term trials are needed to assess biomarkers of oxidative stress.
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Chemistry, Applied
Jessica Bassetto Carra, Ricardo Luis Nascimento de Matos, Ana Paula Novelli, Rene Oliveira do Couto, Fabio Yamashita, Marcos Alessandro dos Santos Ribeiro, Eduardo Cesar Meurer, Waldiceu Aparecido Verri, Rubia Casagrande, Sandra Regina Georgetti, Nilton Syogo Arakawa, Marcela Maria Baracat
Summary: Novel microcapsules containing grape peel by-product extract were successfully obtained using complex coacervation and spray-drying. Factors such as feed rate, drying temperature, and airflow rate were found to influence the microencapsulation process. The interaction between polyphenols in the extract and polymers played a key role in enhancing thermal stability and reducing material loss during the spray-drying process.
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Chemistry, Physical
Nuno Basilio, Johan Mendoza, Andre Seco, Joana Oliveira, Victor de Freitas, Fernando Pina
Summary: Anthocyanins, represented by the flavylium cation, are part of a complex sequence of pH-dependent molecular species with various colors. Interactions and metal complexation can alter the color of anthocyanins. Physical chemical tools are essential for understanding the chemical behavior of these complex systems.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
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Agronomy
Hana Frankova, Janette Musilova, Julius Arvay, L'ubos Harangozo, Marek Snirc, Alena Vollmannova, Judita Lidikova, Alzbeta Hegedusova, Edina Jasko
Summary: This study investigated the content of bioactive substances in seven potato varieties and found that varieties with a colored flesh had the highest content of bioactive substances. The maturity level of potatoes significantly affected the total content of anthocyanins and polyphenols, as well as the chlorogenic acid content. Consumption of potatoes with colored flesh is recommended for potential positive effects on human health.
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Food Science & Technology
Maria Ximena Silveyra, Adriana Balbina Andreu
Summary: Andean potatoes contain polyphenols that have antioxidant properties and can induce programmed cell death in neuroblastoma cells. These polyphenols alter cell morphology, affect the cell cycle, disrupt redox homeostasis and mitochondrial function, resulting in increased apoptotic cell death. This study highlights the potential of Andean potatoes as a functional food and a source of anti-tumor compounds for apoptotic-resistant tumors.
Review
Food Science & Technology
David Fonseca Hernandez, Eugenia Lugo Cervantes, Diego A. Luna-Vital, Luis Mojica
Summary: Food contains bioactive compounds with diverse biological activities, used in the cosmetic industry for nutricosmetic and cosmeceutical products aimed at reducing skin aging and inflammation. Phytochemicals from fruits, vegetables, herbs, and plants are being utilized for their anti-aging potential. These compounds have antioxidant and biological properties that modulate molecular markers involved in the aging process.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Katalin Patonay, Eva Nemeth-Zamborine
Summary: Horsemint, a wild-growing species, is found in Eurasia and Africa. Its potential utilization in the food industry as a preservative and flavoring is based on its polyphenolic and terpenoid composition. Despite lacking systematic screening, its essential oils have shown efficacy against more than twenty microbes.
PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
William Viera, Ivan Samaniego, Diana Camacho, Nasratullah Habibi, Lenin Ron, Naveedullah Sediqui, Javier alvarez, Pablo Viteri, Andrea Sotomayor, Jorge Merino, Wilson Vasquez-Castillo, Beatriz Brito
Summary: This research conducted a phytochemical characterization of a breeding population of tree tomato in Ecuador, revealing that tree tomato is a good source of beneficial biocompounds and has a high antioxidant capacity.
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Engineering, Chemical
Oana-Elena Pascariu, Florentina Israel-Roming
Summary: Elderberries are rich in phenolic compounds, widely used in medicinal and food industries. Studies have shown their beneficial effects, including antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, antidiabetic, and anticancer properties, mainly attributed to their antioxidant activity.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Weidong Zhang, Gang Wang, Pingwei Wen, Yi Chen, Qiang Yu, Mingyue Shen, Jianhua Xie
Summary: This study investigated the effects of purple red rice bran (PRRBA) on the pasting, rheological property, chemical structure, microstructure, and water migration of rice starch. The results showed that PRRBA could decrease the peak viscosity, final viscosity, and activation energy of rice starch, while increasing its gel strength and hardness. The addition of PRRBA could improve the particle size distribution of rice starch, possibly due to the non-covalent bonds between PRRBA and rice starch. Furthermore, PRRBA improved the water-holding capacity of rice starch, as indicated by a decrease in the spin relaxation time.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
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Agronomy
Agnieszka Lenart, Dariusz Wrona, Tomasz Krupa
Summary: The purpose of the experiment was to compare the effect of fertilization with and without biostimulation. The results showed that biostimulants significantly increased the antioxidant compounds in highbush blueberry fruit.
