Most chronic diseases—such as cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), Alzheimer disease,
Parkinson disease, arthritis, diabetes and obesity—are becoming leading causes of …

Plants are one of the most important resources of human foods and medicines. Rapidly
increasing knowledge on nutrition, medicine, and plant biotechnology has dramatically …

OBJECTIVE: Polyphenols such as quercetin may exert several beneficial effects, including
those resulting from anti-inflammatory activities, but their impact on cardiovascular health is …

Plant polyphenolics exhibit a broad spectrum of health‐promoting effects when consumed
as part of the diet, and there is considerable interest in enhancing the levels of these …

Through the use of the new tools of genetic engineering, genes can be introduced into the
same plant or animal species or into plants or animals that are not sexually compatible—the …

The continued importance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) as a vegetable and
salad commodity is reflected by the large volume of research on virtually all aspects of the …

Background Increased dietary cholesterol intake is associated with atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis development requires a lipid and an inflammatory component. It is unclear …

To evaluate components of fruit metabolic composition, we have previously metabolically
phenotyped tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) introgression lines containing segmental …

Flavonoids comprise a large and diverse group of polyphenolic plant secondary
metabolites. In plants, flavonoids play important roles in many biological processes such as …

Chronic inflammation in white adipose tissue (WAT) is positively associated with obesity,
insulin resistance (IR) and the development of type 2 diabetes. The proinflammatory …