Advances in functional research of antioxidants and organoleptic traits in berry crops.
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.
Carbone
Fabrizio
F
ENEA, Trisaia Research Centre, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Rotondella (MT), Italy.
Mourgues
Fabienne
F
Perrotta
Gaetano
G
Rosati
Carlo
C
D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens / Q000737:chemistry; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D002648:Child; D029791:Ericaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D031964:Grossulariaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D059808:Polyphenols; D027824:Rosaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D055697:Taste Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014815:Vitamins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
D000485:Allergens; D000975:Antioxidants; D002241:Carbohydrates; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols; D014815:Vitamins; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds