Bruce D. Whitaker

TL;DR: Phytosterols and phytostanols have received much attention in the last five years because of their cholesterol-lowering properties and the popularity of these products has caused the medical and biochemical community to focus much attention on phytosterol research activity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential for commercial application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) to maintain quality of apples under air and controlled atmosphere (CA) storage conditions was investigated.

TL;DR: Phytosterol-enriched functional foods first appeared about twenty years ago and many clinical studies have confirmed the low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol-lowering properties of various types of phytosterols, which have provided insights to better understand the cholesterol- Lowering and other biological effects of plant sterols.

TL;DR: Evaluated the main class of eggplant phenolics, hydroxycinnamic acid conjugates, in the fruit of seven commercial cultivars, and chlorogenic acid was the predominant compound, and its 3-O, 4-O-, and 5-O-cis isomers were also present.

TL;DR: Evaluation of phenolic acid constituents in eggplant fruit from accessions in the USDA eggplant core subset provides opportunities to improve eggplant Fruit quality and nutritive value.