A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Effects of tree age on flavonoids and antioxidant activity in Torreya grandis nuts via integrated metabolome and transcriptome analyses
Authors: Yan Jingwei, Zeng Hao, Chen Weijie, Zheng Shan, Luo Jiali, Jiang Huifeng, Yang Baoru, Farag Mohamed A., Lou Heqiang, Song Lili, Wu Jiasheng
Publisher: WILEY
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Food Frontiers
Journal name in source: FOOD FRONTIERS
Journal acronym: FOOD FRONTIERS
Number of pages: 10
eISSN: 2643-8429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.211
Web address : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fft2.211
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/178594364
The nuts of Torreya grandis are abundant in flavonoids, providing potential antioxidant activity. Considering that T. grandis can yield nuts for hundreds or thousands of years, effects of tree age on flavonoids and antioxidant activity of T. grandis nuts were targeted in this study for the first time. Results revealed that antioxidant activity and total flavonoid contents in 100- and 1000-years-old T. grandis nuts were much higher compared to 10-years-old T. grandis. The content of 19 flavonoids showed significant correlations with antioxidant activity in 100- and 1000-years-old trees using metabolites profiling. Transcriptome and coexpression analysis indicated that seven genes were associated with aged-related flavonoids biosynthesis. Further analysis showed that abscisic acid and gibberellin might regulate the age-related differential flavonoids accumulation. Our study provides a novel viewpoint that aged T. grandis is likely to present a better source of natural antioxidants and has yet to be examined in other tree models.
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