supported by the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) through the California Department of Food and Agriculture (SCB15015);partly also by funding from the California Leafy Greens Research Board and by Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participation Program。
Fresh-cut lettuce is widely used in ready-to-eat salads sold in modified atmosphere packages (MAP).Even in MAP,fresh-cut lettuce has short shelf life that results in loss of nutrients.Lettuce cultivars exhibit genetic...
Objective Identify the carotenoid degradation products in Undaria pinnatifida and evaluate their anti skin inflammatory activity.Methods Carotenoid degradation products were isolated by multiple chromatography methods...
the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman Agricultural University, Bangladesh for providing partial financial support to carry out the present investigation
Twenty vegetable amaranth genotypes were evaluated for total antioxidant capacity, antioxidant leaf pigments, vitamins, and selection of suitable genotypes for extraction of juice in a randomized complete block design...
funded by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) through the AfricanCenter for Crop Improvement (ACCI) (2007 PASS 022)
General and specific environmental adaptation of genotypes is the main goal of breeders.However, genotype-by-environment(G x E) interaction complicates the identification of genotypes for release. This study aimed at ...
This work was supported by the grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20130027), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Project (PAPD), and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-11-0670).
Carotenoid, a group of lipophilic molecules, is widely distributed in nature, and is important for plant photosynthesis and photoprotection. In carrot taproot, different types of dominant carotenoid accumulation lead ...
The effect of N levels and sources on the antioxidant components in vegetable is not completely understood. Therefore, greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the changes in antioxidant capacity diphenyl-2-...
supported by the State Key Basic Research Project of China(2013CB127004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(90817002);the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean(201105023)to S.L.;supported by the National Science Foundation of China(J1103512);supported by the National Science Foundation Research Coordination Networks(NSF 0741907,Pls:S.Brawley,E.Gantt,A.Grossman,J.Stiller)
Carotene hydroxylases catalyze the hydroxylation of a- and β-carotene hydrocarbons into xanthophylls.In red algae,β-carotene is a ubiquitously distributed carotenoid,and hydroxylated carotenoids such as zeaxanthin a...
Post-infectional changes in sugars, ascorbic acid, protein, phenols, chlorophyll and carotene of two Cymbopogons viz., Cymbopogon martinii and Cymbopogon citratus due to leaf rust caused by Puccinia nakanishikii (Diet...
Cassava is an important starchy root crop and a major staple for more than 70 million people in Nigeria. New yellow-fleshed genotypes are being developed to combat vitamin A deficiency. Trials of 18 yellow-fleshed gen...
This research was financially supported by the Commis-sion of the European Communities,Framework 6,Prior-ity 5“Food Quality and Safety”,STREP Project Healthy Structuring(2006-023115).
Presently, there is no clear consensus on the best approach to estimate carotenoid bioavailability. The best alternative would be to use human studies, but they are labour-intensive and expensive and can only be used ...