Food chemistryAntioxidantsDaucus carotaMetabolomicsComputational BiologyColor
Metabolite-based color codes and antioxidant mechanisms in carrots: insights from untargeted metabolomics and bioinformatics.
Chenglong He, Johane Johari Mkunga, Dongsheng Zhang, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Yaodong Wang, Yanhuai Liu, Liyue Fei, Chunhui Shan, Xinquan Yang, Wenchao Cai
Published: 202510.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146637
Abstract
Systematic studies examining the differences in metabolites and antioxidant mechanisms among various colored carrots are limited. In this study, we analyzed the metabolite-level differences and antioxidant mechanisms of purple, yellow, red, and orang…
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