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OrgTrace – No Difference in Levels of Bioactive Compounds found in Crops from Selected Organic and Conventional Cultivation Systems

Knuthsen, Pia; Soeltoft, Malene; Laursen, Kristian Holst; Bysted, Anette; Madsen, Katja H; Nielsen , John; Halekoh, Ulrich and Husted, Søren (2011) OrgTrace – No Difference in Levels of Bioactive Compounds found in Crops from Selected Organic and Conventional Cultivation Systems. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research.

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Summary

The objective of the present study was to compare the content of selected bioactive compounds in organically and conventionally grown crops, and to evaluate if the ability of the crops to synthesize selected secondary metabolites was systematically affected by growth systems across different growth years as well as soil types.
The results showed that contents of neither polyacetylenes and carotenoids in carrots, flavonoids in onions, nor phenolic acids in carrots and potatoes were significantly influenced by growth system. Thus it could not be concluded that the organically grown crops had higher contents of bioactive compounds than the conventionally grown. This indicates that giving preference to organic products because they contain more bioactive components is doubtfull. However, there are many other reasons for the consumer to choose organic food products, including: no pesticide residues in foods, animal welfare, and environmental protection.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Poster
Subjects: Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health
Research affiliation: Denmark > DARCOF III (2005-2010) > ORGTRACE - Organic food and health
Denmark > AU - Aarhus University
Denmark > DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Denmark > KU - University of Copenhagen
Deposited By: Knuthsen, Senior scientist Pia
ID Code:19815
Deposited On:30 Nov 2011 12:47
Last Modified:01 Dec 2011 07:14
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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