Bioactive compounds of beetroot and utilization in food processing industry: A critical review

N Chhikara, K Kushwaha, P Sharma, Y Gat, A Panghal - Food chemistry, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Beetroot is recognized as health promoting food due to presence of essential components
such as vitamins, minerals, phenolics, carotenoids, nitrate, ascorbic acids and betalains that …

[HTML][HTML] The potential benefits of red beetroot supplementation in health and disease

T Clifford, G Howatson, DJ West, EJ Stevenson - Nutrients, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the biological activity of red beetroot
(Beta vulgaris rubra) and its potential utility as a health promoting and disease preventing …

Beetroot as a functional food with huge health benefits: Antioxidant, antitumor, physical function, and chronic metabolomics activity

L Chen, Y Zhu, Z Hu, S Wu, C ** - Food science & nutrition, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Previously, beetroot is mainly consumed as a food additive. In recent years, the beetroot,
especially the betalains (betanin) and nitrates it contains, now has received increasing …

Exploring plant tissue culture to improve the production of phenolic compounds: A review

MI Dias, MJ Sousa, RC Alves, ICFR Ferreira - Industrial crops and products, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Plant tissue and organ culture has been extensively used from the beginning of the XX
century for the study and comprehension of some primary biological mechanisms such as …

Tyrosine biosynthesis, metabolism, and catabolism in plants

CA Schenck, HA Maeda - Phytochemistry, 2018‏ - Elsevier
L-Tyrosine (Tyr) is an aromatic amino acid (AAA) required for protein synthesis in all
organisms, but synthesized de novo only in plants and microorganisms. In plants, Tyr also …

“La Vie en Rose”: biosynthesis, sources, and applications of betalain pigments

G Polturak, A Aharoni - Molecular plant, 2018‏ - cell.com
Betalains are tyrosine-derived red-violet and yellow pigments found exclusively in plants of
the Caryophyllales order, which have drawn both scientific and economic interest …

[HTML][HTML] Compositional characteristics of commercial beetroot products and beetroot juice prepared from seven beetroot varieties grown in Upper Austria

J Wruss, G Waldenberger, S Huemer, P Uygun… - Journal of Food …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Beta vulgaris L.(beetroot) contains high amounts of biologically active substances including
betalains and inorganic nitrate. We determined the amounts of various compounds …

Biological effects of red beetroot and betalains: A review

E Hadipour, A Taleghani… - Phytotherapy …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few years, the use of natural substances as protective or therapeutic agents
has gained much attention worldwide. Recent modern studies have shown a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Inorganic nitrate and beetroot juice supplementation reduces blood pressure in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Siervo, J Lara, I Ogbonmwan, JC Mathers - The Journal of nutrition, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Diets including food products rich in inorganic nitrate are associated with lower blood
pressure (BP). The evidence for the BP-lowering effects of inorganic nitrate and beetroot in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of extraction solvents on the total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, and antioxidant activity in the aerial part of root vegetables

EA Mohammed, IG Abdalla, MA Alfawaz… - Agriculture, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The present study aimed to investigate the total phenolics, total flavonoids, and antioxidant
activity in terms of the DPPH scavenging, reducing power, and H2O2 scavenging of the …