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Betanin: A Bioeconomy Insight into a Valued Betacyanin
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017 Sourced so far mostly from beet root juice, betanin is a red-violet natural colorant increasingly used by the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries. We provide an updated bioeconomy perspective into a valued betacyanin whose supply and applications, we argue in this study, will rapidly expand.
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Foods, 2023 Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) is an important root vegetable crop and a valuable food source of micronutrients and bioactive constituents. In this study, the bioaccessibility of minerals, organic acids, and betacyanins in beetroot powder during simulated ...
Marta Igual +6 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Betalains are tyrosine-derived plant pigments present in several species of the Caryophyllales order. Betalains are classified in red betacyanins and yellow betaxanthins and are implicated in plant stress tolerance and visual attraction for pollinators ...
Javier Morales +6 more
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Biological Properties and Applications of Betalains
Molecules, 2021 Betalains are water-soluble pigments present in vacuoles of plants of the order Caryophyllales and in mushrooms of the genera Amanita, Hygrocybe and Hygrophorus. Betalamic acid is a constituent of all betalains.
Izabela Sadowska-Bartosz +1 more
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Bougainvillea glabra Choisy (Nyctinaginacea): review of phytochemistry and antimicrobial potential
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023 The Bougainvillea glabra or bougainvillea is a climbing plant native from South America belonging to the Nyctaginaceae family. The bougainvillea is recognized worldwide for its horticultural importance, due to the color of its bracts, commonly known as ...
Ingrid G. Ornelas García +4 more
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Biosynthesis of food constituents: Natural pigments: Part 1
Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2007 This review article gives a survey of the generally accepted biosynthetic pathways that lead to the most important natural pigments in organisms closely related to foods and feeds.
Jan Velíšek +2 more
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Plants, 2022 Stenocereus queretaroensis (F.A.C. Weber ex Mathes.) Buxb is a cactus that has long been used as a source food in central and northern México. Its fruits, commonly called pitayas, biosynthesize high amounts of betalains. These molecules are water-soluble
Jaime Abelardo Ceja-López +7 more
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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract BACKGROUND Selenicereus spp., belonging to the Cactaceae family, produces pitaya, a fruit recognized for its exotic appearance and rich phytochemical composition. In regions with shorter photoperiods, flowering and fruit development are limited, making light supplementation a promising strategy.
Luíz Guilherme Malaquias da Silva +13 more
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Future FoodsNowadays, the wide use of synthetic food colourant, Allura Red has elevated negative perceptions among consumers. As food industry players strive towards satisfying consumers’ demands, exploring new sustainable natural colourants with multifunctional ...
Teck Wei Lim +4 more
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Identification and Determination of Betacyanins in Fruit Extracts of Melocactus Species [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2020 Betacyanin pigments were studied in edible fruits of four Melocactus species, M. violaceus Pfeiff., M. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb, M. amoenus (Hoffm.) Pfeiff., and M. curvispinus Pfeiff., by means of chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques.
Katarzyna Sutor, Sławomir Wybraniec
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