Nutritional value, bioactive compounds and health benefits of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

MJ Kim, Y Moon, JC Tou, B Mou… - Journal of Food …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lettuce is one of the most widely consumed vegetables worldwide, but its nutritional value
has been underestimated. Lettuce is low in calories, fat and sodium. It is a good source of …

Bioactive compounds in lettuce: Highlighting the benefits to human health and impacts of preharvest and postharvest practices

X Yang, MI Gil, Q Yang… - … reviews in food science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lettuce is one of the most commonly consumed leafy vegetables worldwide and is available
throughout the entire year. Lettuce is also a significant source of natural phytochemicals …

Indoxyl sulfate affects glial function increasing oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in chronic kidney disease: interaction between astrocytes and microglia

S Adesso, T Magnus, S Cuzzocrea… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Indoxyl sulfate (IS) is a protein-bound uremic toxin resulting from the metabolism of dietary
tryptophan which accumulates in patients with impaired renal function, such as chronic …

Effects of copper oxide nanoparticles on growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seedlings and possible implications of nitric oxide in their antioxidative defense

MT Pelegrino, MY Kohatsu, AB Seabra… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) have been extensively explored for use in
agriculture. Previous studies have indicated that application of CuO NPs might be promising …

Plant-derived biostimulants differentially modulate primary and secondary metabolites and improve the yield potential of red and green lettuce cultivars

M Giordano, C El-Nakhel, P Carillo, G Colla, G Graziani… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of biostimulants in modern agriculture has rapidly expanded in recent years, owing
to their beneficial effects on crop yield and product quality, which have come under the …

Agri-food surplus, waste and loss as sustainable biobased ingredients: a review

JPB Rodrigues, Â Liberal, SA Petropoulos… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ensuring a sustainable supply of food for the world's fast growing population is a major
challenge in today's economy, as modern lifestyle and increasing consumer concern with …

Nutritional quality, mineral and antioxidant content in lettuce affected by interaction of light intensity and nutrient solution concentration

J Song, H Huang, Y Hao, S Song, Y Zhang, W Su… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Light and nutrient are important factors for vegetable production in plant factory or
greenhouse. The total 12 treatments which contained the combination of four light intensity …

Combination of humic biostimulants with a microbial inoculum improves lettuce productivity, nutrient uptake, and primary and secondary metabolism

C Savarese, V Cozzolino, M Verrillo, G Vinci… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Background and aims Biostimulants of natural origin represent a growing ecological strategy
to increase crops productivity, especially when applied in combination with microbial …

Physiological and nutraceutical quality of green and red pigmented lettuce in response to NaCl concentration in two successive harvests

P Carillo, M Giordano, G Raimondi, F Napolitano… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nutritional eustress such as salinity or nutrient stress applied in soilless systems, is a
convenient pre-harvest factor efficient in modulating the phytochemical components of …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive analytical framework integrating liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry metabolomics with chemometrics for metabolite profiling …

AM Otify, SA ElBanna, BM Eltanany, L Pont… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study comprehensively characterized the metabolite profiles of six lettuce varieties and
established the correlation between the elucidated profiles and their antivirulence effects. A …