Functional relationship of vegetable colors and bioactive compounds: Implications in human health

Sharma, Shweta; Katoch, Viveka; Kumar, Satish; Chatterjee, Subhrajyoti

doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108615

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“…On the other hand, chlorophyll values as technical-scientific information allows the identification of superior genotypes in the genetic improvement process to improve productivity. In addition, according to [ 57 ], chlorophyll is a bioactive component that reduces high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides and can improve health in a balanced diet with the intake of green leafy vegetables such as the undervalued species of this study. These species can also add color to gastronomic dishes due to their organoleptic qualities.…”

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Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Volatiles Profile Characterization of Two Edible Undervalued Plants: Portulaca oleracea L. and Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass

Fukalova

García-Martínez

Raigón

2022

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Wild edible plants are an important source of healthy food and have played an important role in traditional Mediterranean diets. In this paper, quality characteristics were typified in Portulaca oleracea L. and Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass, undervalued plants inherent to the spring-summer season in the Valencian coastal region. Nutritional composition and bioactive compounds were analyzed and compared between plants in wild and organic cultivation conditions. Proximate analysis was carried out according to Association of Official Analytical Chemists methods. Total antioxidants were measured as 2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl hydrate and total polyphenols content via the Folin–Ciocalteu procedure. The HS-SPME technique was used to characterize the volatiles profile, and the polyphenol profile was evaluated by HPLC. The most important microelement was iron. Total antioxidants ranged from 4392.16 to 7315.00 μmol Trolox·equivalents 100 g−1 fw, and total phenolic content ranged from 99.09 to 391.18 mg gallic acid equivalents·100 g−1 fw. Results show that the content of antioxidants and phenols was higher in wild species than in cultivated ones. The volatiles profile revealed that P. ruderale was rich in monoterpenoids (48.65–55.82%), and fatty alcohols were characteristic in P. oleracea species (16.21–54.18%). The results suggest that both plants could be healthy foods and could have new sustainable agro-ecological potential for the local commercial sector.

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Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Volatiles Profile Characterization of Two Edible Undervalued Plants: Portulaca oleracea L. and Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass

Fukalova

García-Martínez

Raigón

2022

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“…The genome can also be a strong predictor of phenotypic traits 6 , like color, taste and aroma, known indicators of the nutritional value of a plant 7 . Indeed, color and pigments including carotenoids, betalains and anthocyanins are well known for their bioactive properties 8 . Furthermore, the genetically predetermined polyphenols, alkaloids, carotenoids and phytosterols have well-documented antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities effecting multiple diseases, from Cancer to diabetes or hypertension 9 .…”

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Genomics-based annotations help unveil the molecular composition of edible plants

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Menichetti

Sebek

et al. 2022

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Given the important role food plays in health and wellbeing, the past decades have seen considerable experimental efforts dedicated to mapping the chemical composition of food ingredients. As the composition of raw food is genetically predetermined, here we ask, to what degree can we rely on genomics to predict the chemical composition of natural ingredients. We therefore developed tools to unveil the chemical composition of 75 edible plants genomes, finding that genome-based annotations increase the number of compounds linked to specific plants by 42 to 100%. We rely on Gibbs free energy to identify compounds that accumulate in plants, i.e., those that are more likely to be detected experimentally. To quantify the accuracy of our predictions, we performed untargeted metabolomics on 13 plants, allowing us to experimentally confirm the detectability of the predicted compounds. For example, we find 59 novel compounds in corn, predicted by genomics annotations and supported by our experiments, but previously not assigned to the plant. Our study shows that genome-based annotations can lead to an integrated metabologenomics platform capable of unveiling the chemical composition of edible plants, and the biochemical pathways responsible for the observed compounds.

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“…An adequate nutrient regime can decrease the incidence of many diseases and specific deficiencies such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, infection, cognitive impairment, poor quality of life, disability and mortality (Jayanama et al , 2021). On the contrary, poor nutritional habits can lead to high incidence of disease and high social costs (Sharma et al , 2021). For instance, obesity is strongly associated to low life expectancy and quality of life.…”

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Socioeconomic assessment of diet on health and quality of life

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Rana

Spada

et al. 2021

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Functional relationship of vegetable colors and bioactive compounds: Implications in human health

Cited by 62 publications

References 241 publications

Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Volatiles Profile Characterization of Two Edible Undervalued Plants: Portulaca oleracea L. and Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass

Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Volatiles Profile Characterization of Two Edible Undervalued Plants: Portulaca oleracea L. and Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass

Genomics-based annotations help unveil the molecular composition of edible plants

Socioeconomic assessment of diet on health and quality of life

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