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Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health?

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/12577/
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/4/794
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11040794
 
Title Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health?
 
Creator Bassolino, L
Petroni, K
Polito, A
Marinelli, A
Azzini, E
Ferrari, M
Ficco, D B M
Mazzucotelli, E
Tondelli, A
Fricano, A
Paris, R
García-Robles, I
Rausell, C
Real, M D
Pozzi, C M
Mandolino, G
Habyarimana, E
Cattivelli, L
 
Subject Cereals
 
Description Given the general beneficial effects of antioxidants-rich foods on human health and disease prevention, there is a continuous interest in plant secondary metabolites conferring attractive colors to fruits and grains and responsible, together with others, for nutraceutical properties. Cereals and Solanaceae are important components of the human diet, thus, they are the main targets for functional food development by exploitation of genetic resources and metabolic engineering. In this review, we focus on the impact of antioxidants-rich cereal and Solanaceae derived foods on human health by analyzing natural biodiversity and biotechnological strategies aiming at increasing the antioxidant level of grains and fruits, the impact of agronomic practices and food processing on antioxidant properties combined with a focus on the current state of pre-clinical and clinical studies. Despite the strong evidence in in vitro and animal studies supporting the beneficial effects of antioxidants-rich diets in preventing diseases, clinical studies are still not sufficient to prove the impact of antioxidant rich cereal and Solanaceae derived foods on human
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Date 2022-04-18
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12577/1/Antioxidants_11_1-32_2022.pdf
Bassolino, L and Petroni, K and Polito, A and Marinelli, A and Azzini, E and Ferrari, M and Ficco, D B M and Mazzucotelli, E and Tondelli, A and Fricano, A and Paris, R and García-Robles, I and Rausell, C and Real, M D and Pozzi, C M and Mandolino, G and Habyarimana, E and Cattivelli, L (2022) Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? Antioxidants, 11 (4). pp. 1-32. ISSN 2076-3921