Enhancing health benefits through chlorophylls and chlorophyll-rich agro-food: A comprehensive review

T Martins, AN Barros, E Rosa, L Antunes - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chlorophylls play a crucial role in photosynthesis and are abundantly found in green fruits
and vegetables that form an integral part of our diet. Although limited, existing studies …

[HTML][HTML] Carotenoids and chlorophylls as antioxidants

A Pérez-Gálvez, I Viera, M Roca - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chlorophylls and carotenoids are natural pigments that are present in our daily diet,
especially with the increasing tendency towards more natural and healthy behaviors among …

Analytical methods for determining bioavailability and bioaccessibility of bioactive compounds from fruits and vegetables: A review

JM Carbonell‐Capella, M Buniowska… - … Reviews in Food …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Determination of bioactive compounds content directly from foodstuff is not enough for the
prediction of potential in vivo effects, as metabolites reaching the blood system may be …

Application of in vitro bioaccessibility and bioavailability methods for calcium, carotenoids, folate, iron, magnesium, polyphenols, zinc, and vitamins B6, B12, D, and …

P Etcheverry, MA Grusak, LE Fleige - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
A review of in vitro bioaccessibility and bioavailability methods for polyphenols and selected
nutrients is presented. The review focuses on in vitro solubility, dialyzability, the dynamic …

In vitro bioaccessibility assessment as a prediction tool of nutritional efficiency

E Fernández-García, I Carvajal-Lérida, A Pérez-Gálvez - Nutrition research, 2009 - Elsevier
The term “bioaccessibility” is a key concept to ascertain nutritional efficiency of food and food
formula developed with the aim of improving human health. In this review, working …

Digestion, absorption, and cancer preventative activity of dietary chlorophyll derivatives

MG Ferruzzi, J Blakeslee - Nutrition research, 2007 - Elsevier
The growing body of epidemiological and experimental evidence associating diets rich in
fruits and vegetables with prevention of chronic diseases such as cancer has stimulated …

Catabolism and bioactive properties of chlorophylls

LQ Zepka, E Jacob-Lopes, M Roca - Current Opinion in Food Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•A new pathway has been reviewed for the chlorophyll turnover.•New
transcriptional factors have been identified during the chlorophyll catabolism.•The …

Carotenoid deposition in plant and animal foods and its impact on bioavailability

RM Schweiggert, R Carle - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past decades, an enormous body of literature dealing with the natural deposition of
carotenoids in plant-and animal-based foods has accumulated. Prominent examples are the …

Intestinal absorption of dietary carotenoids

L Yonekura, A Nagao - Molecular nutrition & food research, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The assessment of carotenoid bioavailability has long been hampered by the limited
knowledge of their absorption mechanisms. However, recent reports have elucidated …

Bioaccessibility of carotenoids and vitamin E from their main dietary sources

E Reboul, M Richelle, E Perrot… - Journal of agricultural …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Vitamin E and carotenoids are fat-soluble microconstituents that may exert beneficial effects
in humans, including protection against cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and age-related …