eprintid: 7883
rev_number: 3
eprint_status: archive
userid: 4721
dir: disk0/00/00/78/83
datestamp: 2006-05-09
lastmod: 2010-04-12 07:32:58
status_changed: 2009-08-20 14:31:24
type: conference_item
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doclang: en
projects: int-conf-joint2006-10
confdates: May 30-31, 2006
conference: Joint Organic Congress
confloc: Odense, Denmark
refereed: never
budget: 0
publicfulltext: TRUE
presentationtype: paper
creators_name: Bennett, Richard Neil
creators_name: Rosa, Eduardo A.S.
title: Phytochemicals under organic and low input crop production systems – Potential influ-ences on health and nutrition in humans and animals
ispublished: pub
abstract: Phytochemicals (plant secondary metabolites) have received considerable interest in the last three decades in relation to their biosynthetic regulation in plants and also their health effects in animals and humans. There is increasing evidence from epi-demiological data, from in vitro cell studies, and from animal and human intervention studies that certain phytochemicals can significantly affect nutrition and health. Some of these effects are positive (e.g. reduc-tions in the risk of developing cancers, coronary heart disease and immune dysfunctions) whereas others can be negative (e.g. toxic non-protein amino acids and pro-carcinogenic furanocoumarins). Levels of phytochemicals and other plant defence compounds are modulated by many genotype-independent factors such as light, water, CO2, oxygen and ozone, nutrient supply, pesticides, levels of diseases and herbivore damage. Therefore different production methods for crops (conventional, low input and organic) have the potential to significantly affect the levels of the phy-tochemicals in the crops, and subsequently affect health and nutrition in the consumers
date: 2006
date_type: published
full_text_status: public
fp7_project: no
access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
citation:    Bennett, Dr Richard Neil and Rosa, Prof Eduardo A.S.    (2006) Phytochemicals under organic and low input crop production systems – Potential influ-ences on health and nutrition in humans and animals.       Paper at:   Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.          
document_url: /id/eprint/7883/1/bennett.doc