phytochemicals
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thumb|Red, blue, and purple colors of berries derive mainly from polyphenol phytochemicals called [[anthocyanins.]] thumb|Cucurbita fruits, including squash and [[pumpkin, typically have high content of the phytochemical pigments called carotenoids.]]
Research
65,059 papers- Phytochemicals toward Green (Bio)sensing.ACS sensors · 2020
- Effects of phytochemicals against diabetes.Advances in food and nutrition research · 2019
- Complexation of phytochemicals with cyclodextrins and their derivatives- an update.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
- Nanocarriers for therapeutic phytochemicals.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2024
- Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics of Phytochemicals in the Human Body.Current drug metabolism · 2019
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Definition
- History of uses
- Functions
- Consumer and industry guidance
- Effects of food processing
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Red, blue, and purple colors of berries derive mainly from polyphenol phytochemicals called [[anthocyanins.]] thumb|Cucurbita fruits, including squash and [[pumpkin, typically have high content of the phytochemical pigments called carotenoids.]]
Phytochemicals are naturally occurring chemicals present in or extracted from plants. Some phytochemicals are nutrients for the plant, while others are metabolites produced to enhance plant survivability and reproduction.