Plant secondary metabolites are vital for human health leading to the gain the access to
natural products. The quality of crops is the result of the interaction of different biotic and …

Flavonoids, a kind of secondary metabolites with both edible, medicinal and antioxidant
purposes, could be widely used in food, drug processing, forest products, chemical industry …

Background Bioactive compounds, vitamins, phenolic acids, flavonoids of A. tricolor are the
sources of natural antioxidant that had a great importance for the food industry as these …

Drought stress deleteriously affects growth, development and productivity in plants. So, we
examined the silicon effect (2 mmol) and proline (10 mmol) individually or the combination …

BACKGROUND Amaranthus tricolor is a unique source of betalain (β‐cyanin and β‐xanthin)
and a source of natural antioxidants, such as leaf pigments, vitamins, polyphenols and …

Four selected vegetable amaranths were grown under four soil water content to evaluate
their response in nutrients, minerals, antioxidant leaf pigments, vitamins, polyphenol …

The study was aimed to determine the antioxidant activity (total antioxidant and free radical-
scavenging activities) and total phenolic content of Amaranthus sp. The effects of different …

Plants typically respond to environmental stresses by inducing antioxidants as a defense
mechanism. As a number of these are also phytochemicals with health-promoting qualities …

After a brief introduction regarding the definitions of sprouts, microgreens and “baby leaf”
vegetables, this chapter provides an overview of this growing market segment within the …

Various factors related to growing conditions can influence the nutritional quality of plants,
including vegetable crops, especially the contents of health-promoting phytochemicals. In …