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| Research Progress of Antioxidants and Its Bioactivity in Lettuces |
| YANG Xiao1，YU Zhi2，GAO Li-wei1，HUANG Dan-feng1* |
| 1Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture（South），Ministry of Agriculture，School of Agriculture and Biology，ShanghaiJiaotong University，Shanghai 200240，China；2Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology，Ministry of Education，College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences，Huazhong Agricultural University，Wuhan 430070，Hubei，China |
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Abstract Lettuce（Lactuca sativa L.）is rich in antioxidant compounds such as polyphenols，ascorbic acid，carotenoid and Vitamin E．The paper summarized the recent studies on lettuce antioxidant and mainly focused on three perspectives including the constitution and content of antioxidant，the assessment and mechanism of oxidation resistance，and the influence of environmental，and other factors on antioxidant．Furthermore，the prospect in the field of lettuce antioxidant is discussed in detail．
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Received: 27 October 2014
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