Salt stress is a major environmental stress that affects plant growth and development. Plants
are sessile and thus have to develop suitable mechanisms to adapt to high-salt …

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are formed in non-enzymatic reaction, oxidation,
rearrangement and cross-linking between the active carbonyl groups of reducing sugars …

Desiccation tolerance appeared as the key adaptation feature of photoautotrophic
organisms for survival in terrestrial habitats. During the further evolution, vascular plants …

In eukaryotes, dynamic chromatin states are closely related to changes in gene expression.
Epigenetic modifications help plants adapt to their ever-changing environment by …

The technology of bread making is characterized by three major steps: dough mixing,
proofing, and baking. To follow the course of Maillard processes in an authentic food matrix …

Soil salinization is an important worldwide environmental problem and the main reason to
reduce agricultural productivity. Recent findings suggested that histidine is a crucial residue …

In grapevines, as in other plants, sucrose and its constituents glucose and fructose are
fundamentally important and carry out a multitude of roles. The aims of this review are three …

Sugars are the primary products of photosynthesis and play multiple roles in plants.
Although sugars are usually considered to be the building blocks of energy storage and …

Fruits are widely recognized as sources of biologically active metabolites, such as
antioxidant compounds. In this context, fruits commonly consumed in the central Amazonia …

Methylglyoxal (MG), a reactive carbonyl compound, is generated during metabolism in living
systems. However, under stress, its levels increase rapidly leading to cellular toxicity …