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Gulyas BZ, Mogeni B, Jackson P, Walton J, Caton SJ. Biofortification as a food-based strategy to improve nutrition in high-income countries: a scoping review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2024:1-22. [PMID: 39269149 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2024.2402998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
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Biofortification (increasing the micronutrient content of food before harvest) has been successfully used to nutritionally improve staple foods in low- and middle-income countries. This approach could also help address micronutrient shortfalls in at-risk populations in high-income countries (HICs), however, the potential of biofortification interventions in this context is not well understood. The aim of this scoping review is to assess the nature and extent of available research evidence on biofortified foods in relation to human consumption in HICs. Literature searches were conducted in MEDLINE, WoS, ProQuest, CINAHL, AGRIS and Epistemonikos. Forty-six peer-reviewed articles were included. Most research was conducted in the USA (n = 15) and Italy (n = 11), on cereal crops (n = 14) and vegetables (n = 11), and on selenium (n = 12) and provitamin A (n = 11). Seven research domains were identified in the literature: bioavailability (n = 17); nutrient stability (n = 11); opinions and attitudes (n = 9); functionality (n = 9); sensory properties (n = 2); safety (n = 1); and modeling (n = 1). Evidence from HICs in each domain is limited. There is a need for more research particularly in areas sensitive to the cultural and socio-economic context.
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- Boglarka Z Gulyas
- Sheffield Centre for Health And Related Research, Division of Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Centre for Health And Related Research, Division of Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Food, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Commercialization and Scaling, HarvestPlus, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Sheffield Centre for Health And Related Research, Division of Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Renna M, D’Imperio M, Maggi S, Serio F. Soilless biofortification, bioaccessibility, and bioavailability: Signposts on the path to personalized nutrition. Front Nutr 2022; 9:966018. [PMID: 36267903 PMCID: PMC9576840 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.966018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Propelled by an ever-growing awareness about the importance of following dietary recommendations meeting specific biological requirements linked to a person health status, interest in personalized nutrition is on the rise. Soilless biofortification of vegetables has opened the door to the potential for adapting vegetable production to specific dietary requirements. The evolution of vegetables biofortification toward tailored food is examined focusing on some specific categories of people in a context of personalized nutrition instead to simple describe developments in vegetables biofortification with reference to the single element or compound not adequately present in the daily diet. The concepts of bioavailability and bioaccessibility as a useful support tool for the precision biofortification were detailed. Key prospects for challenges ahead aiming to combine product quality and sustainable are also highlighted. Hydroponically cultivation of vegetables with low potassium content may be effective to obtain tailored leafy and fruit vegetable products for people with impaired kidney function. Simultaneous biofortification of calcium, silicon, and boron in the same vegetable to obtain vegetable products useful for bone health deserve further attention. The right dosage of the lithium in the nutrient solution appears essential to obtain tailored vegetables able to positively influence mental health in groups of people susceptible to mental illness. Modulate nitrogen fertilization may reduce or enhance nitrate in vegetables to obtain tailored products, respectively, for children and athletes. Future research are needed to produce nickel-free vegetable products for individuals sensitized to nickel. The multidisciplinary approach toward tailored foods is a winning one and must increasingly include a synergy between agronomic, biological, and medical skills.
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- Massimiliano Renna
- Department of Soil and Food Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy
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Antiosteoporosis Studies of 20 Medicine Food Homology Plants Containing Quercetin, Rutin, and Kaempferol: TCM Characteristics, In Vivo and In Vitro Activities, Potential Mechanisms, and Food Functions. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2022; 2022:5902293. [PMID: 35399639 PMCID: PMC8989562 DOI: 10.1155/2022/5902293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dietary nutraceutical compounds have been evidenced as backbone for bone health in recent years. It is reported that medicine food homology (MFH) plants have multiple nutraceutical compounds. Based on our literature research, 20 MFH plants caught our attention because they contain three popular antiosteoporosis compounds simultaneously: quercetin, rutin, and kaempferol. According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), their characteristics including natures, flavors, attributive to meridian tropism, and efficacies were listed. The relationships between TCM efficacies, such as “heat clearing,” “tonic,” and “the interior warming,” and antiosteoporosis pharmacological actions such as antioxidant and immune regulation were discussed. The in vivo antiosteoporosis effects of the 20 MFH plants were summarized. The in vitro antiosteoporosis activities and related mechanisms of the 20 plants and quercetin, rutin, kaempferol were detailed. The TGF-β-Smad signaling, fibroblast growth factor, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling on bone formation and the RANKL signaling, NF-κB signaling, and macrophage-colony-stimulating factor on bone resorption were identified. From food point, these 20 MFH plants could be classified as condiment, vegetable, fruit, tea and related products, beverage, etc. Based on the above discussion, these 20 MFH plants could be used as daily food supplements for the prevention and treatment against osteoporosis.
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Colombo R, Ferron L, Frosi I, Papetti A. Advances in static in vitro digestion models after the COST action Infogest consensus protocol. Food Funct 2021; 12:7619-7636. [PMID: 34250533 DOI: 10.1039/d1fo01089a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In vitro digestion models are essential to predictively evaluate the bioaccessibility and bioactivity of food molecules or natural products. Dynamic models better simulate the gastrointestinal conditions as they reproduce similar physiological environments. Despite this, static methods, also known as biochemical methods, represent a simple and useful approach for the study of different types of molecules, with a broad applicability in the nutritional, pharmaceutical, and toxicological fields. In addition, static models can be validated, avoiding the disadvantage of a difficult reproducibility of dynamic in vitro systems and inter-individual variations of in vivo experiments. A crucial point in the standardization of static models was the COST Action Infogest in 2014, which elaborated an international consensus static digestion method to harmonize experimental conditions and has general guidelines, thus allowing the comparison of studies and data. The aim of our review is to underline the impact of the Infogest consensus method and the development and evolution of in vitro static methods in the following years, with a focus on food applications.
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- Raffaella Colombo
- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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Mesa M. Chitosan and silica as dietary carriers: Potential application for β-galactosidase, silicon and calcium supplementation. Food Hydrocoll 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Shi YH, Xiao JJ, Liu YY, Deng YJ, Feng WZ, Wei D, Liao M, Cao HQ. Gut microbiota influence on oral bioaccessibility and intestinal transport of pesticides in Chaenomeles speciosa. Food Chem 2020; 339:127985. [PMID: 32920305 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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There is limited research focusing on the effects of human gut microbiota on the oral bioaccessibility and intestinal absorption of pesticide residues in food. In the present study, we use a modified setup of the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem for the determination of pesticide residue bioaccessibility in Chaenomeles speciosa, and a Caco-2 cell model of human intestinal absorption. Results showed that gut microbiota played a dual role based their effects on contaminant release and metabolism in the bioaccessibility assay, and Lactobacillus plantarum was one of key bacterial species in the gut microbiota that influenced pesticide stability significantly. The addition of L. plantarum to the system reduced the relative amounts (by 11.40-86.51%) of six pesticides. The interaction between the food matrix and human gut microbiota led to different absorption rates, and the barrier effects increased with an increase in incubation time.
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- Yan-Hong Shi
- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Hefei, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Hefei, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Hefei, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Hefei, China.
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Mehri A. Trace Elements in Human Nutrition (II) - An Update. Int J Prev Med 2020; 11:2. [PMID: 32042399 PMCID: PMC6993532 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_48_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The dietary requirement for an essential trace element is an intake level which meets a specified criterion for adequacy and thereby minimizes risk of nutrient deficiency or excess. Disturbances in trace element homeostasis may result in the development of pathologic states and diseases. This article is an update of a review article "Trace Elements in Human Nutrition-A Review" previously published in 2013. The previous review was updated to emphasis in detail the importance of known trace elements so far in humans' physiology and nutrition and also to implement the detailed information for practical and effective management of trace elements' status in clinical diagnosis and health care situations. Although various classifications for trace elements have been proposed and may be controversial, this review will use World Health Organization( WHO) classification as previously done. For this review a traditional integrated review format was chosen and many recent medical and scientific literatures for the new findings on bioavailability, functions, and state of excess/deficiency of trace elements were assessed. The results indicated that for the known essential elements, essentiality and toxicity are unrelated and toxicity is a matter of dose or exposure. Little is known about the essentiality of some of the probably essential elements. In regard to toxic heavy metals, a toxic element may nevertheless be essential. In addition, the early pathological manifestations of trace elements deficiency or excess are difficult to detect until more specific pathologically relevant indicators become available. Discoveries and many refinements in the development of new techniques and continual improvement in laboratory methods have enabled researchers to detect the early pathological consequences of deficiency or excess of trace elements. They all are promises to fulfill the gaps in the present and future research and clinical diagnosis of trace elements deficiencies or intoxications. However, further investigations are needed to complete the important gaps in our knowledge on trace elements, especially probably essential trace elements' role in health and disease status.
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- Aliasgharpour Mehri
- Department of Biochemistry, Reference Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Assessment of silicon biofortification and its effect on the content of bioactive compounds in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa ‘Elsanta’) fruits. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2018.1217.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Shi YH, Xiao JJ, Feng RP, Liu YY, Liao M, Wu XW, Hua RM, Cao HQ. Factors Affecting the Bioaccessibility and Intestinal Transport of Difenoconazole, Hexaconazole, and Spirodiclofen in Human Caco-2 Cells Following in Vitro Digestion. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:9139-9146. [PMID: 28915046 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study examined how gastrointestinal conditions affect pesticide bioaccessibility and intestinal transepithelial transport of pesticides (difenoconazole, hexaconazole, and spirodiclofen) in humans. We used an in vitro model combining human gastric and intestinal digestion, followed with Caco-2 cell model for human intestinal absorption. Bioaccessibility of three tested pesticides ranged from 25.2 to 76.3% and 10.6 to 79.63% in the gastric and intestinal phases, respectively. A marked trend similar to the normal distribution was observed between bioaccessibility and pH, with highest values observed at pH 2.12 in gastric juice. No significant differences were observed with increasing digestion time; however, a significant negative correlation was observed with the solid-liquid (S/L) ratio, following a logarithmic equation. R2 ranged from 0.9198 to 0.9848 and 0.9526 to 0.9951 in the simulated gastric and intestinal juices, respectively, suggesting that the S/L ratio is also a major factor affecting bioaccessibility. Moreover, significant dose- and time-response effects were subsequently observed for intestinal membrane permeability of difenoconazole, but not for hexaconazole or spirodiclofen. This is the first study to demonstrate the uptake of pesticides by human intestinal cells, aiding quantification of the likely effects on human health and highlighting the importance of considering bioaccessibility in studies of dietary exposure to pesticide residues.
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- Yan-Hong Shi
- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Safety, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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