植物の揮発性化合物:健康と栄養価に対する感覚信号?
1Syngenta Fellows Group, Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., 3054 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2257, USA. stephen.goff@syngenta.com
まとめ
植物由来の揮発性化合物,または風味揮発性物質は,食品の栄養価についての洞察を提供します. これらの化合物は,不可欠な栄養素から発生し,消費者に食品の栄養素と健康上の利点をシグナルします.
科学分野:
- 食品科学 食品科学について
- 植物生化学 植物生化学
- 感覚科学とは,感覚科学である.
背景:
- 植物は,食品の味に影響を及ぼす多くの揮発性代謝物を生成します.
- これらの揮発性化合物のサブセットは,動物や人間によって知覚され,独特の食品の味に寄与します.
- 味の揮発性物質は,アミノ酸,脂肪酸,カロテノイドなどの必須栄養素から生物合成されます.
研究 の 目的:
- 揮発性知覚と食品の栄養価および健康上の価値とを結びつける証拠をレビューする.
- 食品品質の指標としての植物由来揮発性物質の役割を強調する.
主な方法:
- 植物揮発性化合物とその感覚知覚に関する研究の文献レビュー.
- 植物,特にトマトの味覚揮発性物質の生物合成経路の分析.
- 揮発性プロフィールと栄養素含有量との関係を調べる.
主要な成果:
- トマトでは,主要な味の揮発性物質は主に必須栄養素から発生します.
- 必須栄養素や健康を促進する化合物から得られた揮発性物質の存在は,栄養情報をシグナル化する役割を示唆しています.
- 証拠は,揮発性化合物の認識と,食品の実際の栄養または健康上の価値の間の相関を示しています.
結論:
- 食品の揮発性プロファイル,特に必須栄養素から派生したプロファイルは,栄養品質の指標として機能することができます.
- 揮発性化合物と栄養素の含有量との関係を理解することで,食品の選択と食事の選択を判断することができます.
- 揮発性知覚に関するさらなる研究は,健康への食品の貢献に関する私たちの理解を深めることができます.
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