Biofortification in the food chain, and use of selenium and phyto-compounds in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases
Two case studies of agronomic biofortification of staple crops with micronutrients are presented, and the development and marketing of Se-biofortified wheat products is discussed. Agronomic biofortification is an important component of a food systems strategy to address widespread dietary deficiency in human populations, and proof-of-concept trials are proposed with micronutrient-deficient subsistence populations in China and Africa. The role of Se and various phyto-compounds against prostate cancer is briefly examined, to illustrate the importance of dietary components in risk reduction and control of an important chronic disease, the incidence of which is likely to increase with increasing consumption of a Western diet by men of the expanding middle-class in many developing countries.
biofortification bioavailability prostate cancer lycopene EC CG ellagic acid curcumin
G Lyons J Stangoulis Y Genc F Liu R Graham
Discipline of Plant and Food Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelai Molecular Plant Breeding CRC, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
国际会议
第九届痕量元素生物地球化学国际会议(9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements)
北京
英文
279-280
2007-07-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）