Agri-Food Waste Recycling for Healthy Remedies: Biomedical Potential of Nutraceuticals from Unripe Tomatoes ( Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Unripe tomatoes represent an agri-food waste resulting from industrial by-processing products of tomatoes, yielding products with a high content of bioactive compounds with potential nutraceutical properties. The food-matrix biological properties are attributed to the high steroidal glycoalkaloid (S...

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Published in:Foods 2024-01, Vol.13 (2), p.331
Main Authors: Piccolo, Vincenzo, Pastore, Arianna, Maisto, Maria, Keivani, Niloufar, Tenore, Gian Carlo, Stornaiuolo, Mariano, Summa, Vincenzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agribusiness
Agricultural production
Bioactive compounds
Biological properties
Biomedical materials
Carotenoids
Dietary supplements
Extraction procedures
Food
Food industry
Food waste
Fruits
Functional foods
Functional foods & nutraceuticals
Glycoalkaloids
green tomatoes
In vivo methods and tests
Metabolites
Molecular weight
Nitrogen
nutraceuticals
Pharmacokinetics
Polyphenols
Qualitative analysis
Refuse and refuse disposal
Solanum lycopersicum
Solvents
Tomatine
Tomatoes
Vitamin C
Waste recycling
α-tomatine
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Summary:Unripe tomatoes represent an agri-food waste resulting from industrial by-processing products of tomatoes, yielding products with a high content of bioactive compounds with potential nutraceutical properties. The food-matrix biological properties are attributed to the high steroidal glycoalkaloid (SGA) content. Among them, α-tomatine is the main SGA reported in unripe green tomatoes. This review provides an overview of the main chemical and pharmacological features of α-tomatine and green tomato extracts. The extraction processes and methods employed in SGA identification and the quantification are discussed. Special attention was given to the methods used in α-tomatine qualitative and quantitative analyses, including the extraction procedures and the clean-up methods applied in the analysis of L. extracts. Finally, the health-beneficial properties and the pharmacokinetics and toxicological aspects of SGAs and α-tomatine-containing extracts are considered in depth. In particular, the relevant results of the main in vivo and in vitro studies reporting the therapeutic properties and the mechanisms of action were described in detail.
ISSN:2304-8158
2304-8158
DOI:10.3390/foods13020331