Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality
Nowadays the cultivation and consumption of traditional lettuce varieties are growing as they are particularly appealing to consumers for their diversity, and high nutraceutical quality. However, lettuce is a highly perishable product, which results in significant nutritional loss from harvest to fi...
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| author | Martínez-Ispizua, Eva Calatayud, Ángeles Marsal, José I. Basile, Federico Cannata, Claudio Abdelkhalik, Abdelsattar Soler, Salvador Valcárcel, José Vicente Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus |
| author_browse | Abdelkhalik, Abdelsattar Basile, Federico Calatayud, Ángeles Cannata, Claudio Marsal, José I. Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus Martínez-Ispizua, Eva Soler, Salvador Valcárcel, José Vicente |
| author_facet | Martínez-Ispizua, Eva Calatayud, Ángeles Marsal, José I. Basile, Federico Cannata, Claudio Abdelkhalik, Abdelsattar Soler, Salvador Valcárcel, José Vicente Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus |
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| description | Nowadays the cultivation and consumption of traditional lettuce varieties are growing as they are particularly appealing to consumers for their diversity, and high nutraceutical quality. However, lettuce is a highly perishable product, which results in significant nutritional loss from harvest to final consumers. In this work, the content of some bioactive compounds (chlorophylls, carotenoids, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, phenols), overall antioxidant capacity and mineral content was monitored in five landraces and four commercial lettuce varieties to compare their variation during the storage period. Visual characterization was conducted during the postharvest period, as was the determination of the parameters indicative of oxidative stress, to establish the preservation capacity of their physico-chemical attributes. As a general trend, lettuce varieties showed individualized behavior during the postharvest period, which was not necessarily better in the commercial varieties compared to the landraces. Of all the varieties, landrace L10 stood out for not showing excessive variations in its general appearance or nutritional quality throughout its life cycle. However, in terms of initial concentration of bioactive compounds, the reddest varieties (CL4 and L11) stand out. These results indicate variability among varieties, which emphasizes the potential of lettuce landraces in postharvest practices. |
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| spelling | ReDivia81652025-04-25T14:48:48Z Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality Martínez-Ispizua, Eva Calatayud, Ángeles Marsal, José I. Basile, Federico Cannata, Claudio Abdelkhalik, Abdelsattar Soler, Salvador Valcárcel, José Vicente Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus Bioactive Diversity Landraces Postharvest J10 Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products Q02 Food processing and preservation E73 Consumer economics Q04 Food composition S01 Human nutrition - General aspects U40 Surveying methods Antioxidants Lettuces Nutritional value Nowadays the cultivation and consumption of traditional lettuce varieties are growing as they are particularly appealing to consumers for their diversity, and high nutraceutical quality. However, lettuce is a highly perishable product, which results in significant nutritional loss from harvest to final consumers. In this work, the content of some bioactive compounds (chlorophylls, carotenoids, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, phenols), overall antioxidant capacity and mineral content was monitored in five landraces and four commercial lettuce varieties to compare their variation during the storage period. Visual characterization was conducted during the postharvest period, as was the determination of the parameters indicative of oxidative stress, to establish the preservation capacity of their physico-chemical attributes. As a general trend, lettuce varieties showed individualized behavior during the postharvest period, which was not necessarily better in the commercial varieties compared to the landraces. Of all the varieties, landrace L10 stood out for not showing excessive variations in its general appearance or nutritional quality throughout its life cycle. However, in terms of initial concentration of bioactive compounds, the reddest varieties (CL4 and L11) stand out. These results indicate variability among varieties, which emphasizes the potential of lettuce landraces in postharvest practices. 2022-05-27T17:02:05Z 2022-05-27T17:02:05Z 2022 article publishedVersion Martínez-Ispizua, E., Calatayud, Á., Marsal, J. I., Basile, F., Cannata, C., Abdelkhalik, A. et al. (2022). Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality. Agronomy, 12(2), 403. 2073-4395 (eISSN) http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8165 10.3390/agronomy12020403 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/403 en info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ERDF/POCV 2014-2020/51903 This work is included in Project 51903, co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the Generalitat Valenciana 2014–2020. Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess MDPI electronico |
| spellingShingle | Bioactive Diversity Landraces Postharvest J10 Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products Q02 Food processing and preservation E73 Consumer economics Q04 Food composition S01 Human nutrition - General aspects U40 Surveying methods Antioxidants Lettuces Nutritional value Martínez-Ispizua, Eva Calatayud, Ángeles Marsal, José I. Basile, Federico Cannata, Claudio Abdelkhalik, Abdelsattar Soler, Salvador Valcárcel, José Vicente Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality |
| title | Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality |
| title_full | Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality |
| title_fullStr | Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality |
| title_short | Postharvest Changes in the Nutritional Properties of Commercial and Traditional Lettuce Varieties in Relation with Overall Visual Quality |
| title_sort | postharvest changes in the nutritional properties of commercial and traditional lettuce varieties in relation with overall visual quality |
| topic | Bioactive Diversity Landraces Postharvest J10 Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products Q02 Food processing and preservation E73 Consumer economics Q04 Food composition S01 Human nutrition - General aspects U40 Surveying methods Antioxidants Lettuces Nutritional value |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8165 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/403 |
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