Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health
Maize production is pivotal in ensuring food security, particularly in developing countries. However, the crop encounters multiple challenges stemming from climatic changes that adversely affect its yield, including biotic and abiotic stresses during production and storage. A promising strategy for...
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| author | Tzitziki González-Rodríguez Silverio García-Lara |
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| description | Maize production is pivotal in ensuring food security, particularly in developing countries. However, the crop encounters multiple challenges stemming from climatic changes that adversely affect its yield, including biotic and abiotic stresses during production and storage. A promising strategy for enhancing maize resilience to these challenges involves modulating its hydroxycinnamic acid amides (HCAAs) content. HCAAs are secondary metabolites present in plants that are essential in developmental processes, substantially contributing to defense mechanisms against environmental stressors, pests, and pathogens, and exhibiting beneficial effects on human health. This mini-review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of HCAAs in maize, including their biosynthesis, functions, distribution, and health potential applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b70e22cff4e46a68488e305aa35fe422024-02-02T10:46:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2024-02-011110.3389/fnut.2024.13229041322904Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human healthTzitziki González-RodríguezSilverio García-LaraMaize production is pivotal in ensuring food security, particularly in developing countries. However, the crop encounters multiple challenges stemming from climatic changes that adversely affect its yield, including biotic and abiotic stresses during production and storage. A promising strategy for enhancing maize resilience to these challenges involves modulating its hydroxycinnamic acid amides (HCAAs) content. HCAAs are secondary metabolites present in plants that are essential in developmental processes, substantially contributing to defense mechanisms against environmental stressors, pests, and pathogens, and exhibiting beneficial effects on human health. This mini-review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of HCAAs in maize, including their biosynthesis, functions, distribution, and health potential applications.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1322904/fullmaizebioactive compoundsbreedinghydroxycinnamic acid amidesplant defensephenolics |
| spellingShingle | Tzitziki González-Rodríguez Silverio García-Lara Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health Frontiers in Nutrition maize bioactive compounds breeding hydroxycinnamic acid amides plant defense phenolics |
| title | Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health |
| title_full | Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health |
| title_fullStr | Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health |
| title_short | Maize hydroxycinnamic acids: unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health |
| title_sort | maize hydroxycinnamic acids unveiling their role in stress resilience and human health |
| topic | maize bioactive compounds breeding hydroxycinnamic acid amides plant defense phenolics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1322904/full |
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