Bioactive potential of fruit and vegetable wastes

V Coman, BE Teleky, L Mitrea, GA Martău… - Advances in food and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fruits and vegetables are essential for human nutrition, delivering a substantial proportion of
vitamins, minerals, and fibers in our daily diet. Unfortunately, half the fruits and vegetables …

Vegetable microgreens: The gleam of next generation super foods, their genetic enhancement, health benefits and processing approaches

S Sharma, B Shree, D Sharma, S Kumar… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the well-being cognizance of masses, the microgreens have emerged as the
potential therapeutic functional foods for improving the overall health by dietary …

The pangenome of an agronomically important crop plant Brassica oleracea

AA Golicz, PE Bayer, GC Barker, PP Edger… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
There is an increasing awareness that as a result of structural variation, a reference
sequence representing a genome of a single individual is unable to capture all of the gene …

The science behind microgreens as an exciting new food for the 21st century

U Choe, LL Yu, TTY Wang - Journal of agricultural and food …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chronic diseases are a major health problem in the United States. Accumulated data
suggest that consumption of vegetables can significantly reduce the risk of many chronic …

The chemical diversity and distribution of glucosinolates and isothiocyanates among plants

JW Fahey, AT Zalcmann, P Talalay - Phytochemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
Glucosinolates (β-thioglucoside-N-hydroxysulfates), the precursors of isothiocyanates, are
present in sixteen families of dicotyledonous angiosperms including a large number of …

Dietary fibre and phytochemical characteristics of fruit and vegetable by-products and their recent applications as novel ingredients in food products

N O'Shea, EK Arendt, E Gallagher - Innovative Food Science & Emerging …, 2012 - Elsevier
Presently, producers are striving to create products which contain a value added factor, such
as dietary fibre or in more recent times, phytochemicals. The production and addition of such …

Medicinal halophytes: potent source of health promoting biomolecules with medical, nutraceutical and food applications

R Ksouri, WM Ksouri, I Jallali, A Debez… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Salt-tolerant plants grow in a wide variety of saline habitats, from coastal regions, salt
marshes and mudflats to inland deserts, salt flats and steppes. Halophytes living in these …

[HTML][HTML] Glucosinolates: Natural occurrence, biosynthesis, accessibility, isolation, structures, and biological activities

VPT Nguyen, J Stewart, M Lopez, I Ioannou, F Allais - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glucosinolates (GSLs) are secondary plant metabolites abundantly found in plant order
Brassicales. GSLs are constituted by an S-β-d-glucopyrano unit anomerically connected to …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional quality and health benefits of vegetables: A review

JS Dias - Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2012 - scirp.org
Vegetables are considered essential for well-balanced diets since they supply vitamins,
minerals, dietary fiber, and phytochemicals. Each vegetable group contains an unique …

Phytochemicals of Brassicaceae in plant protection and human health–Influences of climate, environment and agronomic practice

M Björkman, I Klingen, ANE Birch, AM Bones… - Phytochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
In this review, we provide an overview of the role of glucosinolates and other phytochemical
compounds present in the Brassicaceae in relation to plant protection and human health …