Solanaceae: Cultivation, Nutrition and Health

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Isabelle Sousa Rocha (Editor)

Series: Plant Science Research and Practices
BISAC: SCI011000

In Solanaceae: Cultivation, Nutrition and Health, the authors first set out to demonstrate how utilization of soil amendments in agricultural systems is an inexpensive means for limited-resource farmers looking for improvements in crop yield and quality to satisfy consumer needs of healthy food. A separate study considers the variety of biological activities, together with the nutritional composition and low cytotoxicity, of the mature fruits of S. lycocarpum in order to demonstrate that they represent an important food source with chemopreventive and therapeutic properties.

Next, the total phenolic and flavonoid content, antioxidant, antibacterial, and allelopathic activities of methanol extract and fractions from ripe fruits of S. lycocarpum were studied to provide knowledge on the total phenolic and total flavonoid content in the methanol extract and fractions, as well as the antioxidant, antibacterial, and allelopathic activities. Afterwards, the oils, fatty acids, and methyl esters from S. lycocarpum fruits were evaluated for their antioxidant potential and allelopathic activity. The allelopathic effect against the seedlings of Lactuca sativa and Allium cepa showed promising results, with predominant effects of growth inhibition of hypocotyls and radicles in the lower concentration tested. In the concluding study, the effects of the ethanol extract and hydroethanol fraction of S. lycocarpum leaves on the growth of the Ehrlich experimental tumor were evaluated using three experimental groups.

 

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The Impact of Animal Manure on Phytochemicals in Hot Pepper Fruits
(George F. Antonious, Ph.D., Division of Environmental Studies, College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA)

Chapter 2. Ripe Fruits of Solanum lycocarpum A. St. Hil. (Solanaceae): Composition and Biological Activities
(Melissa Grazielle Morais, Iara Cotta Mendes, Paula Avelar Amado, Izabela Caputo Assis Silva, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Chapter 3. Total Phenolic and Total Flavonoid Content, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Allelopathic Activities of the Methanol Extract and Fractions from Solanum lycocarpum A. St. Hil. (Solanaceae)
(Jéssica Pereira Bahia, Viviane de Cássia Bicalho Silva, Melissa Grazielle Morais, Guilherme Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Jaqueline Maria Siqueira Ferreira, Joaquim Maurício Duarte-Almeida, and Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Rua Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Chapter 4. Antioxidant and Allelopathic Potential of Oils, Fatty Acids, and Methyl Esters from Fruits of Solanum lycocarpum A. St. Hil. (Solanaceae)
(Viviane de Cássia Bicalho Silva, Paula Avelar Amado, Ezequias Pessoa de Siqueira, Stênio Nunes Alves, Joaquim Maurício Duarte-Almeida, and Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil)

Chapter 5. Inhibition of the Growth of the Ehrlich Experimental Tumor by the Intraperitoneal Administration of Solanum lycocarpum (Solanaceae)
(Guilherme Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Melissa Grazielle Morais, Izabela Caputo Assis Silva, Juliana Costa Fonseca, Flávia Carmo Horta Pinto, and Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Rua Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Index

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