Advances in functional research of antioxidants and organoleptic traits in berry crops
Titel:
Advances in functional research of antioxidants and organoleptic traits in berry crops
Auteur:
Carbone, Fabrizio Mourgues, Fabienne Perrotta, Gaetano Rosati, Carlo
Verschenen in:
BioFactors
Paginering:
Jaargang 34 (2009) nr. 1 pagina's 23-36
Jaar:
2009-06-16
Inhoud:
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.