Silke Peterek

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors expressed two transcription factors from snapdragon in tomato, and found that the fruit of the plants accumulated anthocyanins at levels substantially higher than previously reported for efforts to engineer Anthocyanin accumulation in tomato and at concentrations comparable to the levels found in blackberries and blueberries.

TL;DR: Cardioprotection was associated with increased myocardial glutathione levels, suggesting that dietary anthocyanins might modulate cardiac antioxidant defenses and emphasize the need to develop anthOCyanin-rich functional foods with protective activities for promoting human health.

TL;DR: In the crosses, large deviations from the mid-parent values in the contents of different flavonols occurred, and there were strikingly strong correlations between both flavonol content and freezing tolerance, and between heterosis effects in freezing tolerance and flavonl content.

TL;DR: Intensive metabolite analyses of tomatoes ectopically expressing the Delila and Rosea1 transcription factor genes from snapdragon revealed multiple changes, including depletion of rutin and naringenin chalcone, and enhanced levels of anthocyanins and phenylacylated flavonol derivatives.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the antioxidant properties of oranges by oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and inhibition of induced linoleic acid peroxidation (InLAP) assays.