Eggplant is a vegetable crop that is grown around the world and can provide significant
nutritive benefits thanks to its abundance of vitamins, phenolics and antioxidants. In addition …

Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more
widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe. The diversity and …

Vegetables supply various minerals, vitamins, dietary fibers along with important
phytochemicals that plays a major contribution in our balance diets and nutrition. Each …

Abstract Chlorogenic acid (5-O-caffeoyl-quinic acid; CGA) is an ester of caffeic acid and (-)-
quinic acid with many beneficial properties for human health, such as anti-oxidant, anti …

Wild relatives represent a source of variation for many traits of interest for eggplant (Solanum
melongena) breeding, as well as for broadening the genetic base of this crop. However …

Vegetables represent a major source of phenolic acids, powerful antioxidants characterized
by an organic carboxylic acid function and which present multiple properties beneficial for …

Eggplant is the fifth economically most important vegetable in the Solanaceae family after
tomato, potato, chili, and tobacco. Apart from the well-cultivated brinjal or aubergine …

Background Eggplant is a powerful source of polyphenols which seems to play a key role in
the prevention of several human diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. Chlorogenic acid is …

The phenolic content and antioxidant and antimutagenic activities from the peel and seeds
of different tomato types (grape, cherry, bola and saladette type), and simulated tomato …

Scarlet (Solanum aethiopicum) and gboma (S. macrocarpon) eggplants are important
vegetables in Sub-Saharan Africa. Few studies have been made on these crops regarding …