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Current status of genus Impatiens: Bioactive compounds and natural pigments with health benefits

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dc.contributor.authorPires Junior, Eleomar de O.
dc.contributor.authorCaleja, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Carolina C.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Isabel C.F.R.
dc.contributor.authorBarros, Lillian
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-02T16:31:38Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2021-12-02T16:31:38Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe market for edible flowers has grown exponentially due to consumers demand. This has been motivated by the concern to include healthier foods in the daily diet, leading to a great interest in these natural matrices. However, and although the consumption of this type of matrices are popularly associated with health benefits, scientific studies are still scarce. The industry seeks to satisfy the consumers demands and, at the same time, seeks to launch new challenges in the sector, in order to outline new conservation and production strategies. Although there are several flowers with edible potential in nature, many are still little explored or unnoticed, so this type of study is increasingly sought after. Scope and approach: The present review intendeds to explore the context of edible flowers as well as their conditions of production and consumption. Then, focusing on the characterization of the genus Impatiens, which, although is still little explored, gathers data on its chemical and nutritional characterization, bioactivities, and the possible exploration of natural pigments and industrial application. Key findings and conclusions: Several studies have been focused on the chemical characterization of flowers, evaluation their edibility, as well as validating their bioactive potential. In particular, the genus Impatiens is characterized by presenting perennial and succulent herbs with attractive colors, normally found in tropical forests. There are countless studies on the bioactive activities present in these edible flowers. In addition, its pigmentation has a direct relationship with the presence of several compounds, especially anthocyanins and their derivatives. These bioactive compounds have a great interest to the food industry and consumers, due to their diverse health benefits that are provided by their regular consumption.en_EN
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are grateful to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) for financial support by national funds FCT/ MCTES to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020). L. Barros would like to thank the national funding by FCT, P.I., through the institutional scientific employment program-contract. To the project AllNat for the contract of C. Caleja (Project AllNat POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030463). The authors are also grateful to the project TRANSCoLAB 0612_TRANS_CO_LAB_2_P. This work is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Regional Operational Program North 2020, within the scope of Project Mobilizador Norte-01-0247-FEDER-024479: ValorNatural ®, Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000042: Project GreenHealth. This work was also financed by ERDF, through the Incentive System to Research and Technological Development, within the Portugal2020 Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program, for the project POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046112: BIOMA.
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionen_EN
dc.identifier.citationPires, Eleomar O.; Caleja, Cristina; Garcia, Carolina C.; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.; Barros, Lillian (2021). Current status of genus Impatiens: Bioactive compounds and natural pigments with health benefits. Trends in Food Science and Technology. ISSN 0924-2244. 117, p. 106-124en_EN
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tifs.2021.01.074en_EN
dc.identifier.issn0924-2244
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/24427
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyesen_EN
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.subjectBioactivitiesen_EN
dc.subjectEdible flowersen_EN
dc.subjectImpatiensen_EN
dc.subjectNatural pigmentsen_EN
dc.subjectPhenolic compoundsen_EN
dc.titleCurrent status of genus Impatiens: Bioactive compounds and natural pigments with health benefitsen_EN
dc.typejournal article
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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