Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 917: Bioactive Potential of Carrot-Based Products Enriched with Lactobacillus plantarum

Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 917: Bioactive Potential of Carrot-Based Products Enriched with Lactobacillus plantarum Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules29040917 Authors: Monica Boev Cristina Stănescu Mihaela Turturică Mihaela Cotârleţ Denisa Batîr-Marin Nicoleta Maftei Carmen Chiţescu Leontina Grigore-Gurgu Vasilica Barbu Elena Enachi Elena Lăcrămioara Lisă The primary goal of this study was to generate different kinds of functional products based on carrots that were supplemented with lactic acid bacteria. The fact that carrots (Daucus carota sp.) rank among the most popular vegetables in our country led to the convergence of the research aim. Their abundance of bioactive compounds, primarily polyphenols, flavonoids, and carotenoids, offers numerous health benefits. Among the obtained products, the freeze-dried carrot powder (FDCP) variation presented the highest concentrations of total carotenoids (TCs) and β-carotene (BC) of 26.977 ± 0.13 mg/g DW and 22.075 ± 0.14 mg/g DW, respectively. The amount of total carotenoids and β-carotene significantly increased with the addition of the selected lactic acid bacteria (LAB) for most of the samples. In addition, a slight increase in the antioxidant activity compared with the control sample for the FDCP variant, with the highest value of 91.74%, was observed in these functional food products. The content of polyphenolic compounds varied from 0.044...
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