Content and distribution of flavonoids among 91 edible plant species

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 275-279

  Yang, Ray Yu ^a   Lin, Shou ^a   Kuo, George ^a  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Tropical plants; Underutilised vegetables

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46049095343     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Croteau R, Kutchan TM, Lewis NG. Natural products (secondary metabolites), In: Buchanan BB, Gruissem W, Jones RL, eds. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants. Rockville, MD, USA: American Society of Plants Physiologists, 2000;1250-1318.
2. Beecher GR. Overview of dietary flavonoids: Nomenclature, occurrence and intake. J Nutr 2003;133:3248S-54S.
3. Onyilagha JC, Grotewold E. The biology and structural distribution of surface flavonoids. Recent Res Devel Plant Sci 2004;2:53-71.
4. http://www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata
5. Wildman REC. Nutraceuticals: A brief review of historical and teleological aspects, In: Wildman REC ed. Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. CRC press: Boca Raton, FL, 2001;1-12.
6. Winkel-Shirley B. Biosynthesis of flavonoids and effects of stress. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2002;5: 218-23.
7. Winkel-Shirley B. Flavonoid biosynthesis. A colourful model for genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, and biotechnology. Plant Physiol. 2001;126:485-93.
8. Middleton E Jr, Kandaswami C, Theoharides TC. The effects of plant flavonoids on mammalian cells: Implications for inflammation, heart disease, and cancer. Pharmacol Rev. 2000;52:67-751.
9. Nijveldt RJ, van Nood E, van Hoorn DE, Boelens PG, van Norren K, van Leeuwen PA. Flavonoids: a review of probable mechanisms of action and potential applications. Am J Clin Nutr. 2001;74:418-25.
10. Chun OK, Chung SJ, Song WO. Estimated dietary flavonoid intake and major food sources of U.S. adults. J Nutr. 2007;137: 1244-52.
11. Dauchet L, Amouyel P, Hercberg S, Dallongeville J. Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: A meta-analysis of cohort studies. J Nutr. 2006;136:2588-93.
12. Kinoshita T, Lepp Z, Chuman H. Construction of a novel database for flavonoids. J Med Invest. 2005;52:291-2.
13. Peterson J, Dwyer J. An informatics approach to flavonoid database development. J Food Compos Anal. 2000;13:441-54.
14. Huang Z, Wang B, Eaves DH, Shikany JM, Pace RD. Phenolic compound profile of selected vegetables frequently consumed by African Americans in the southeast United States. Food Chem. 2007;103:1395-1402.
15. Arabbi PR, Genovese MI, Lajolo FM. Flavonoids in vegetable foods commonly consumed in Brazil and estimated ingestion by the Brazilian population. J Agirc Food Chem. 2004;52:1124-31.
16. Miean KH, Mohamed S. Flavonoid (myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol, luteolin, and apigenin) content of edible tropical plants. J Agric Food Chem. 2001;49:3106-12.
17. Siemonsma JS and Kasem P. PROCEA - Plant resources of South-East Asia 8 - Vegetables, 2nd Ed. Indonesia: Prosea Foundation, 1996.
18. Yang RY, Tsou SCS, Lee TC, Wu WJ, Hanson PM, Kuo G, Engle LM and Lai PY. Distribution of 127 edible plant species for antioxidant activities by two assays. J Sci Food Agri. 2006;86:2395-2403.
19. Harnly JM, Doherty RF, Beecher GR, Holden JM, Haytowitz DB, Bhagwat S, Gebhardt S. Flavonoid content of U.S. fruits, vegetables and nuts. J Agric Food Chem. 2006;54:9966-77.