Influence of organic versus conventional agricultural practice on the antioxidant microconstituent content of tomatoes and derived purees; consequences on antioxidant plasma status in humans.
The present study aims first to compare the antioxidant microconstituent contents between organically and conventionally grown tomatoes and, second, to evaluate whether the consumption of purees made of these tomatoes can differently affect the plasma levels of antioxidant microconstituents in humans. When results were expressed as fresh matter, organic tomatoes had higher vitamin C, carotenoids, and polyphenol contents (except for chlorogenic acid) than conventional tomatoes. When results were expressed as dry matter, no significant difference was found for lycopene and naringenin. In tomato purees, no difference in carotenoid content was found between the two modes of culture, whereas the concentrations of vitamin C and polyphenols remained higher in purees made out of organic tomatoes. For the nutritional intervention, no significant difference (after 3 weeks of consumption of 96 g/day of tomato puree) was found between the two purees with regard to their ability to affect the plasma levels of the two major antioxidants, vitamin C and lycopene.
UMR A408 INRA-Université d'Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale, INRA Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France. caris@avignon.inra.fr
Catherine
C
Caris-Veyrat
Marie-Josèphe
MJ
Amiot
Viviane
V
Tyssandier
Dominique
D
Grasselly
Michel
M
Buret
Michel
M
Mikolajczak
Jean-Claude
JC
Guilland
Corinne
C
Bouteloup-Demange
Patrick
P
Borel
D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D005511:Food Handling; D058870:Food, Organic / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D000077276:Lycopene; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000737:chemistry*
D000975:Antioxidants; D002338:Carotenoids; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D000077276:Lycopene