Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health?
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 <...
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| author | Laura Bassolino Katia Petroni Angela Polito Alessandra Marinelli Elena Azzini Marika Ferrari Donatella B. M. Ficco Elisabetta Mazzucotelli Alessandro Tondelli Agostino Fricano Roberta Paris Inmaculada García-Robles Carolina Rausell María Dolores Real Carlo Massimo Pozzi Giuseppe Mandolino Ephrem Habyarimana Luigi Cattivelli |
| author_facet | Laura Bassolino Katia Petroni Angela Polito Alessandra Marinelli Elena Azzini Marika Ferrari Donatella B. M. Ficco Elisabetta Mazzucotelli Alessandro Tondelli Agostino Fricano Roberta Paris Inmaculada García-Robles Carolina Rausell María Dolores Real Carlo Massimo Pozzi Giuseppe Mandolino Ephrem Habyarimana Luigi Cattivelli |
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| 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 <i>Solanaceae</i> 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 <i>Solanaceae</i> 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 <i>Solanaceae</i> derived foods on human |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a66a487b6684f2a9f6b76f87e8422ed2023-12-01T00:37:01ZengMDPI AGAntioxidants2076-39212022-04-0111479410.3390/antiox11040794Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health?Laura Bassolino0Katia Petroni1Angela Polito2Alessandra Marinelli3Elena Azzini4Marika Ferrari5Donatella B. M. Ficco6Elisabetta Mazzucotelli7Alessandro Tondelli8Agostino Fricano9Roberta Paris10Inmaculada García-Robles11Carolina Rausell12María Dolores Real13Carlo Massimo Pozzi14Giuseppe Mandolino15Ephrem Habyarimana16Luigi Cattivelli17CREA—Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, ItalyCREA—Research Centre Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673 Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Genetics, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, SpainDepartment of Genetics, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, SpainDepartment of Genetics, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, SpainDepartment of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, ItalyGiven 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 <i>Solanaceae</i> 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 <i>Solanaceae</i> 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 <i>Solanaceae</i> derived foods on humanhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/4/794antioxidantspolyphenolscarotenoidscereals<i>Solanaceae</i>pre-clinical studies |
| spellingShingle | Laura Bassolino Katia Petroni Angela Polito Alessandra Marinelli Elena Azzini Marika Ferrari Donatella B. M. Ficco Elisabetta Mazzucotelli Alessandro Tondelli Agostino Fricano Roberta Paris Inmaculada García-Robles Carolina Rausell María Dolores Real Carlo Massimo Pozzi Giuseppe Mandolino Ephrem Habyarimana Luigi Cattivelli Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? Antioxidants antioxidants polyphenols carotenoids cereals <i>Solanaceae</i> pre-clinical studies |
| title | Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? |
| title_full | Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? |
| title_fullStr | Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? |
| title_short | Does Plant Breeding for Antioxidant-Rich Foods Have an Impact on Human Health? |
| title_sort | does plant breeding for antioxidant rich foods have an impact on human health |
| topic | antioxidants polyphenols carotenoids cereals <i>Solanaceae</i> pre-clinical studies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/4/794 |
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