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Phytochemicals of Edible Plants: Berry Polyphenols Research, Applications and Health Benefits

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 7374

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Dr. Ilian Badjakov

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Agrobiotechnology, AgroBioInstitute, Agricultural Academy, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: natural products; bioactive compounds; GC-MS; LC-ESI-MS/MS; biotechnology
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Prof. Dr. Atanas Pavlov

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1. Department of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, University of Food Technologies, 26 Maritza Blvd., 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2. Laboratory of Cell Biosystems, Department of Biotechnology, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 139 Ruski Blvd., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interests: bioactive substances by plant in vitro systems; bioprocess engineering of plant in vitro systems; plant biotechnology
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Dr. Ivayla Dincheva

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Agrobiotechnologies, AgroBioInstitute, Agricultural Academy, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: metabolomics; natural product chemistry; bioactive compounds; GC-MS; LC-ESI-MS/MS
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Berries are valuable sources of bioactive compounds as polyphenols, organic acids, minerals, and vitamins. Berry bioactive compounds, their characterization and utilization in functional foods and clinical assessment of antimicrobial properties for human health are among the major targets of contemporary research. The utilization of antimicrobial activity of berry phenolic compounds as natural antimicrobial agents may offer many opportunities for use in food industry and medicine. The metabolic profiling approaches are highly relevant to study the interface between plant breeding for food and human nutrition.

The development of alternative perspectives, by implementing of berry compounds for the prevention and control of infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics will also be very important issue for definite research priorities in the future. The evaluation of small fruit genetic resources for the presence of bioactive compounds and their properties as natural agents is of doubtless significance and will be with great benefit for breeders, food and pharmaceutical industry.

Dr. Ilian Badjakov
Prof. Dr. Atanas Pavlov
Dr. Ivayla N. Dincheva
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Keywords

  • Berry bioactive compounds
  • Natural antimicrobial and antiviral agents
  • Metabolic profiling
  • Analytical methods
  • Biodiversity
  • Human health

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Multicomponent Polyphenolic Extracts from Vaccinium corymbosum at Lab and Pilot Scale. Characterization and Effectivity against Nosocomial Pathogens
by Eva Gato, Astrid Perez, Alicja Rosalowska, Maria Celeiro, German Bou and Marta Lores
Plants 2021, 10(12), 2801; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122801 - 17 Dec 2021
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An extraction method was designed and scaled up to produce multicomponent polyphenolic extracts from blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) of three different varieties. The process was specifically drawn up to comply with green chemistry principles. Extracts were obtained for the direct assessment of [...] Read more.
An extraction method was designed and scaled up to produce multicomponent polyphenolic extracts from blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) of three different varieties. The process was specifically drawn up to comply with green chemistry principles. Extracts were obtained for the direct assessment of their antimicrobial and antiadhesive activities, and their direct use in the control of infections caused by concerning multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogens. Analytical characterization was performed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). Similar qualitative profiles were obtained in the three studied varieties with some significant quantitative differences. Up to 22 different polyphenols were identified with a clear predominance of anthocyani(di)ns followed by flavanols, non-flavonoids, and far behind by flavan-3-ols and procyanidins. The individual content of the main polyphenols was also discussed. A pilot scale extract has been also produced as a proof-of-concept, showing that scaling-up triples the content of bioactive phytochemicals. The effect of the polyphenolic extracts was analyzed against seven multidrug-resistance bacterial species by performing biofilm formation and growth and killing curves assays. All the studied varieties showed antibacterial and antiadhesive activities, being the extract containing the highest concentration of bioactive polyphenols, the most active with a high bactericidal effect. Full article
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Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of White Mulberry (Morus alba L.) Fruit Extracts
by Sureeporn Suriyaprom, Thida Kaewkod, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Mickaël Desvaux and Yingmanee Tragoolpua
Plants 2021, 10(12), 2736; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122736 - 12 Dec 2021
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The fruit of mulberry trees (Morus sp.), mulberries, are traditionally utilised as a nutritional food and provide health benefits as well as skin nourishment in Thailand. White mulberries (Morus alba L.) from Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces were evaluated [...] Read more.
The fruit of mulberry trees (Morus sp.), mulberries, are traditionally utilised as a nutritional food and provide health benefits as well as skin nourishment in Thailand. White mulberries (Morus alba L.) from Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces were evaluated for their antioxidant and antibacterial activities. The antioxidant activities as well as the total phenolic, flavonoid and anthocyanin content of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts were determined using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazolin-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assays. The aqueous extracts of mulberries exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, which was associated with a higher phenolic and anthocyanin content. In testing the potent antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Salmonella Typhi, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio cholerae, the mulberry extracts proved to be quite efficient, especially following water extraction. Time-kill and antibacterial adhesion assays further indicated that aqueous mulberry extracts could inhibit bacterial growth and prevent adhesions of pathogenic enteric bacteria on intestinal epithelial cells. It thus appears that mulberries can potentially be consumed as a good source of antioxidants, containing antimicrobial properties against some pathogenic bacteria which cause gastrointestinal tract infections. Full article
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