Fruits, vegetables, and health: A comprehensive narrative, umbrella review of the science and recommendations for enhanced public policy to improve intake

TC Wallace, RL Bailey, JB Blumberg… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fruit and vegetables (F&V) have been a cornerstone of healthy dietary recommendations;
the 2015–2020 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that F&V constitute one …

Fruit and vegetable waste: Bioactive compounds, their extraction, and possible utilization

NA Sagar, S Pareek, S Sharma… - … reviews in food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fruits and vegetables are the most utilized commodities among all horticultural crops. They
are consumed raw, minimally processed, as well as processed, due to their nutrients and …

Antioxidant-rich natural fruit and vegetable products and human health

AIO Jideani, H Silungwe, T Takalani… - … Journal of Food …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Antioxidants are important ingredients that are present in fruits and vegetables (FAV). With
increased consumption of FAV in its raw and processed form, a predominantly plant-based …

Chemical Composition of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit: Nutritional and Phytochemical Compounds

ME Maldonado-Celis, EM Yahia, R Bedoya… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mango fruit has a high nutritional value and health benefits due to important components.
The present manuscript is a comprehensive update on the composition of mango fruit …

Fruits and vegetables, as a source of nutritional compounds and phytochemicals: Changes in bioactive compounds during lactic fermentation

A Septembre-Malaterre, F Remize… - Food research international, 2018 - Elsevier
Nutritional recommendations emphasize fruit and vegetable consumption. This is related to
health-benefits associated with bioactive nutritive molecules (nutrients, vitamins, minerals …

Water loss of fresh fruit: Influencing pre-harvest, harvest and postharvest factors

R Lufu, A Ambaw, UL Opara - Scientia Horticulturae, 2020 - Elsevier
Physiological water loss is one of the many postharvest disorders in the fresh fruit industry.
Water loss initiates wilting, shrivelling, browning, loss in fruit texture, flavour, and saleable …

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 …

Antioxidant potential overviews of secondary metabolites (polyphenols) in fruits

MS Swallah, H Sun, R Affoh, H Fu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rise in consumption of energy‐dense foods has resulted in the displacement of several
essential dietary gaps, causing numerous long‐lasting diseases, including obesity, stroke …

Dietary fiber from underutilized plant resources—A positive approach for valorization of fruit and vegetable wastes

S Hussain, I Jõudu, R Bhat - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Agri-food industries generate enormous amounts of fruit and vegetable processing wastes,
which opens up an important research area aimed towards minimizing and managing them …

Nutraceuticals: A paradigm of proactive medicine

A Santini, GC Tenore, E Novellino - European Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nutraceuticals define a new category which shades the frontier between drugs and food. As
per its definition, a nutraceutical is “a food or part of a food that provides benefits health in …