Diversity of Chemical Structures and Biosynthesis of Polyphenols in Nut-Bearing Species

• Main Authors: Chaiwat Aneklaphakij, Tomoki Saigo, Mutsumi Watanabe, Thomas Naake, Alisdair R. Fernie, Somnuk Bunsupa, Veena Satitpatipan, Takayuki Tohge
• Other Authors: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
• Format: Review
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/75686
• Institution: Mahidol University

Nuts, such as peanut, almond, and chestnut, are valuable food crops for humans being important sources of fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and polyphenols. Polyphenols, such as flavonoids, stilbenoids, and hydroxycinnamates, represent a group of plant-specialized (secondary) metabolites which are ch...