The Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences explains and analyzes the biological activity and health effects of lettuce

Recently, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Plant light urban agriculture biological science team in collaboration with the Institute of Applied Soil Biology Spanish National Research Council, a systematic analysis lettuce bioactive composition and health benefits, and comprehensive analysis of the former mining and post-harvest factors The impact of quality

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This article comprehensively analyzed the composition and content of biologically active compounds in lettuce, such as flavonoids, carotenoids, B vitamins, ascorbic acid, tocopherols, and sesquiterpene lactones, as well as different cultivation types (wrinkle leaf lettuce, butter lettuce, fruit The difference between lettuce, upright lettuce and lettuce; expounds the effects of lettuce in preventing cardiovascular disease, preventing diabetes, anti-inflammation, anti-cancer, etc.

The research was funded by the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Planning Project, the basic scientific research business expense project of the central public welfare scientific research institute, and the institute's innovation project

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