Nutraceutical value and safety of tomato fruits produced by mycorrhizal plants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-251

  Giovannetti, M ^a   Avio, L ^b   Barale, R ^a   Ceccarelli, N ^a   Cristofani, R ^a   Iezzi, A ^a   Mignolli, F ^a   Picciarelli, P ^a   Pinto, B ^a   Reali, D ^a   Sbrana, C ^b   Scarpato, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lycopene content; Mycorrhizal tomatoes; Tomato nutraceutical value

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTATHIONE; LYCOPENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOMATO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; GENOTOXICITY; GLOMUS (FUNGUS); GLOMUS INTRARADICES; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCORRHIZA; MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION; NEUTRACEUTICAL VALUE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; RAW FOOD;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MINERALS; MUTAGENS; MYCORRHIZAE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84855955908     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451100290X     Document Type: Article

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