TY - BOOK ID - 133600915 TI - Nutritive Value, Polyphenolic Content, and Bioactive Constitution of Green, Red and Flowering Plants AU - El-Nakhel, Christophe AU - Sabatino, Leo PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - Biology, life sciences KW - chromium KW - ethnopharmacology KW - flavonoids KW - glucose-lowering activity KW - HPLC KW - natural antioxidants KW - polyphenol KW - air humidity (RH) KW - Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata KW - controlled environment agriculture (CEA) KW - bioactive compounds KW - leaf gas exchange KW - minerals profile KW - genetic material KW - protected horticulture KW - crop sensor KW - functional components KW - reflectance spectroscopy KW - Apiaceae KW - seeds KW - antioxidants KW - potassium KW - total dissolved solids KW - protein KW - growing season KW - Cichorium endivia L. var. crispum Hegi KW - yield KW - sugars KW - mineral profile KW - iodine concentration KW - functional compounds KW - space-stored seeds KW - Solanum lycopersicum L. KW - weightlessness KW - cosmic radiation KW - macronutrients KW - Spinacia oleracea L. KW - carotenoids KW - nitrates KW - phenolic acids KW - UHPLC-HRMS KW - chlorophylls KW - vitamin C KW - trans-resveratrol KW - esters KW - terpenols KW - glycosidic precursors KW - harvest time KW - Vitis vinifera KW - tomato and carrot by-products KW - freezing and drying impact KW - antioxidant capacity KW - polyphenolics KW - vitamin E KW - greenhouse clear film KW - greenhouse diffuse-light film KW - spinach yield KW - nitrate content KW - antioxidant activity KW - ascorbic acid KW - floating raft system KW - biostimulant KW - root application KW - anthocyanins KW - phenols KW - reduced sugars KW - carbohydrates KW - minerals KW - pigments KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133600915 AB - Plants, including vegetables, are an essential element of the human diet, considering their dense nutritional content and bioactive content that could assist in boosting nutritional quality and food security. Plants are exhibiting a colossal rebound in the context of healthier lifestyles, especially as functional foods empowered with bioactive phytochemicals; they synthesize uncountable “ecochemicals” via secondary metabolism, which command medical and socioeconomic significance. Among these secondary metabolites, phenolic compounds are of prime interest and are largely present in medicinal plants, herbs, vegetables, and flowers. These metabolites are at the helm of the bitterness, color, and scent of plants, and are correlated to the beneficial health qualities expressed by the antioxidant capacity. The accretion of these health-promoting phytochemicals depends chiefly on the genetic material and the maturity stage at harvest, notwithstanding the main role that is played by preharvest factors, i.e., eustress, fertilization, irrigation, light, biostimulants, biofortification, and other agronomic practices. This Special Issue is a collection of 11 original research articles addressing the quality of seeds, microgreens, leafy vegetables, herbs, flowers, berries, fruits, and byproducts. Mainly preharvest factors were assessed regarding their effect on the qualitative aspects of the aforementioned plants. ER -