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Title:
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Biofortification of crops with nutrients: factors affecting utilization and storage
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Author:
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Díaz Gómez, Joana; Twyman, Richard M.; Zhu, Changfu; Farré Martinez, Gemma; Serrano Casasola, José Carlos Enrique; Portero Otín, Manuel; Muñoz Odina, Mª Pilar; Sandmann, Gerhard; Capell Capell, Teresa; Christou, Paul
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Biofortification is an effective and economical method to improve the micronutrient content of crops, particularly staples that sustain human populations in developing countries. Whereas conventional fortification requires artificial additives, biofortification involves the synthesis or accumulation of nutrients by plants at source. Little is known about the relative merits of biofortification and artificial fortification in terms of nutrient bioaccessibility and bioavailability, and much depends on the biochemical nature of the nutrient, which can promote or delay uptake, and determine how efficiently different nutrients are transported through the blood, stored, and utilized. Data from the first plants biofortified with minerals and vitamins provide evidence that the way in which nutrients are presented can affect how they are processed and utilized in the human body. The latest studies on the effects of the food matrix, processing and storage on nutrient transfer from biofortified crops are reviewed, as well as current knowledge about nutrient absorption and utilization.
Research at the University of Lleida is supported by MINECO, Spain (BIO2014-54426-P; BIO2014-54441-P, FEDER funds), the Catalan Government (2014 SGR 1296 Agricultural Biotechnology Research Group) and Recercaixa. J. Díaz-Gómez thanks the University of Lleida for a pre-doctoral grant. |
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-cultius
-Nutrients
-Fortificació
-Creixement (Plantes)
-Plantes alimentàries
-Plantes conreades
-Growth (Plants)
-Food crops
-Cultivated plants |
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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2016
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Elsevier
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