Author, as appears in the article.: Cruz-Carrión Á; Ruiz de Azua MJ; Muguerza B; Mulero M; Bravo FI; Arola-Arnal A; Suarez M

Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

URV's Author/s: Arola Arnal, Anna / Bravo Vázquez, Francisca Isabel / Cruz Carrión, Álvaro Javier / Muguerza Marquínez, Maria Begoña / Mulero Abellán, Miguel / Suárez Recio, Manuel

Keywords: Vegetables Polyphenols Nuts L. Fruit Farming Agriculture vegetables tomatoes polyphenols nuts fruit farming cultivar acids

Abstract: A plant’s stress response involves the production of phytochemicals, including phenolic compounds. Their synthesis can be modulated by organic (ORG) or non-organic (NORG) farming systems in which they are grown. To examine this issue, thirteen plant-based foods cultivated in ORG and NORG systems were compared in terms of antioxidant capacity, total content of phenolics, anthocyanins, flavan-3-ols and flavonols. The results showed that NORG fruits tended to have higher phenolic compounds content, whereas ORG fruits had more antioxidant capacity. NORG legume stood out for having higher values from all the parameters analyzed in comparison to its ORG equivalent. ORG nuts showed more flavan-3-ols and flavonols than their NORG counterparts, nonetheless, tended to be less antioxidant. ORG vegetables displayed higher phenolics and anthocyanins, which reflected in higher antioxidant capacity than NORG ones. These findings suggest that farming systems differentially modulate phenolic compound composition and antioxidant capacity based on the plant species studied.

Thematic Areas: Plant sciences Plant science Geociências Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics Ecology Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Astronomia / física

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: franciscaisabel.bravo@urv.cat begona.muguerza@urv.cat anna.arola@urv.cat miquel.mulero@urv.cat manuel.suarez@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-6468-3088 0000-0001-7384-8588 0000-0001-6529-1345 0000-0003-0122-8253

Record's date: 2023-02-23

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/1/183

Papper original source: Plants-Basel. 12 (1):

APA: Cruz-Carrión Á; Ruiz de Azua MJ; Muguerza B; Mulero M; Bravo FI; Arola-Arnal A; Suarez M (2023). Organic vs. Non-Organic Plant-Based Foods—A Comparative Study on Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity. Plants-Basel, 12(1), -. DOI: 10.3390/plants12010183

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Article's DOI: 10.3390/plants12010183

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2023

Publication Type: Journal Publications