Food systems have the potential to support human health, respecting the environmental
sustainability principles. Food sustainability, enclosed in the concept of environmental …

Fucosterol is an algae-derived unique phytosterol having several medicinal properties,
including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticholinesterase, neuroprotective, and so on …

Over the past decades, a remarkable number of scientific studies supported the correlation
between an adequate dietary intake of phytosterols (PS) and the reduced risk of …

Today the consumption of fresh vegetables is highly recommended not only for the intake of
nutrients, but also for the healthy properties of secondary metabolites involved in the …

Puglia region is particularly rich in agro-biodiversity, representing an example of how local
vegetables varieties can still strongly interact with modern horticulture. Unfortunately, the …

The chloroplast (cp) genome diversity has been used in phylogeny studies, breeding, and
variety protection, and its expression has been shown to play a role in stress response …

Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L. subsp.[L.] scolymus Hayek), summer squash
(Cucurbita pepo L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) are widely cultivated for their immature …

This study was conducted to investigate the physical and biochemical attributes of three
Indian apple (Malus demostica Borkh.) cultivars as affected by elevation and genotype. High …

Endives (Cichorium endivia L.) are popular vegetables, diversified into curly/frisée-and
smooth/broad-leafed (escaroles) cultivar types (cultigroups), and consumed as fresh and …

Stem-chicory of the “Catalogna” group is a vegetable consumed for bitter-flavored stems.
Type and levels of bitter sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) participate in conferring bitterness in …