期刊
ANTIOXIDANTS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox10010042
关键词
food quality; food safety; light-emitting diode (LED); plant antioxidants; polyphenols; postharvest; vitamin C
资金
- Research for Innovation (REFIN)-POR PUGLIA FESR-FSE 2014/2020 [7B942221-CUP H94I20000410008]
Plant antioxidants play crucial roles in plant defense, growth, and development, and their synthesis and accumulation are influenced by factors such as light quality. LED technology is emerging as a powerful tool to modulate the accumulation of plant antioxidant compounds, but its application in horticulture is still in its early stages and requires further research.
Plant antioxidants are important compounds involved in plant defense, signaling, growth, and development. The quantity and quality of such compounds is genetically driven; nonetheless, light is one of the factors that strongly influence their synthesis and accumulation in plant tissues. Indeed, light quality affects the fitness of the plant, modulating its antioxidative profile, a key element to counteract the biotic and abiotic stresses. With this regard, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are emerging as a powerful technology which allows the selection of specific wavelengths and intensities, and therefore the targeted accumulation of plant antioxidant compounds. Despite the unique advantages of such technology, LED application in the horticultural field is still at its early days and several aspects still need to be investigated. This review focused on the most recent outcomes of LED application to modulate the antioxidant compounds of plants, with particular regard to vitamin C, phenols, chlorophyll, carotenoids, and glucosinolates. Additionally, future challenges and opportunities in the use of LED technology in the growth and postharvest storage of fruits and vegetables were also addressed to give a comprehensive overview of the future applications and trends of research.
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