| Title: | Advances in functional research of antioxidants and organoleptic traits in berry crops |
| Author(s): | Carbone F; Mourgues F; Perrotta G; Rosati C; |
| Address: | "ENEA, Trisaia Research Centre, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Rotondella (MT), Italy" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0951-6433 (Print) 0951-6433 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Berry species are economically-important crops worldwide and represent an invaluable source of vitamins and other health-related compounds. Species belonging to the families Rosaceae, Ericaceae and Grossulariaceae provide the most popular fruits, showing a strong diversity in natural and breeding populations as to berry traits (fruit type, size, color, flavor, antioxidant capacity), resistance to a/biotic stress, adaptation to different environment/culture conditions. The small genome size of most diploid berry genera is a remarkable feature for last-generation genomics technologies, molecular genetics and functional studies. This review will cover the literature dealing with molecular research in berry crops, focusing on antioxidant- and flavor-related compounds" |
| Keywords: | Adult Allergens/chemistry Antioxidants/*chemistry/*pharmacology Carbohydrate Metabolism/physiology Carbohydrates/chemistry Child Ericaceae/chemistry Flavonoids/chemistry Fruit/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism Grossulariaceae/chemistry Humans Magnoliopsida/; |
| Notes: | "MedlineCarbone, Fabrizio Mourgues, Fabienne Perrotta, Gaetano Rosati, Carlo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Netherlands 2008/01/01 Biofactors. 2008; 34(1):23-36. doi: 10.1002/biof.5520340104" |
