Health Benefits of Potato Consumption: Role of Nutritional Composition and Phytonutrients

Raquel Chan*

Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

*Corresponding Author:
Raquel Chan
Department of Biological Chemistry,
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden,
UK,
E-mail: Chan_r@rrh.uk

Received date: May 08, 2023, Manuscript No. IPJPSAR-23-17339; Editor assigned: May 10, 2023, PreQC No. IPJPSAR-23-17339 (PQ); Reviewed date: May 22, 2023, QC No. IPJPSAR-23-17339; Revised date: June 01, 2023, Manuscript No. IPJPSAR-23-17339 (R); Published date: June 08, 2023, DOI: 10.36648/ipjpsar.7.2.111

Citation: Chan R (2023) Health Benefits of Potato Consumption: Role of Nutritional Composition and Phytonutrients. J Plant Sci Agri Res Vol.7 No.2: 111.

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Description

Potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L.) require significant nutritional enhancement. because it is widely regarded as a fundamental vegetarian diet for health maintenance. S. tuberosum is the fourth-largest food crop in the world and one of the most important staples. Ahead of time, its need is expanding a result of its high-modern worth and populace impact. We made transgenic potato plants that overexpressed either VvNHX, a sodium proton antiporter from Vitis vinifera, or VvCLC, a chloride channel from Vitis vinifera, or both, in order to improve potato growth and behavior in harsh environments. Control and transgenic plants were filled in nursery and field under non-pushed conditions for 85 days to describe their aggregate and assess their agronomical exhibition. In order to accomplish this, the various lines' chemical compositions, tuber yields and characteristics (calibers, eye number, and color), and plant growth parameters were evaluated and compared. The acquired outcomes showed that transgenic plants showed a superior development (blooming giftedness, gain of power and better vegetative development) alongside improved tuber yields and quality (expanded protein and starch contents). The VvNHX antiport and VvCLC channel's roles and the consequences of their overexpression in potato plants are better understood thanks to our findings. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an exceptionally appealing non-grain crop that is presently developed all over the planet on an expected 19 million hectares of farmland. Over 370 million tons are produced worldwide. S. tuberosum positions fourth as far as yield creation following maize, rice, and wheat. It is as of now developed in 149 nations as a financially pertinent yield. Likewise, it is among the most hopeful yields to defeat the difficulties of destitution and appetite all over the planet. The healthful nature of potato is haggled because of the development of assortments with better return and lesser supplements like nutrients and protein. Potato is particularly interesting as a raw material because it can be consumed in a variety of ways. To be sure, broiled potatoes are broadly consumed, trailed by bubbled and heated potatoes. Truth be told, bubbled potatoes are made of 77% water, 20% sugars, and fewer than 3% of proteins, dietary filaments, minerals, nutrients, and variable substance of phytonutrients, like phenolics, carotenoids, flavonoids, and shades.

Significant Asset of Pharmacological Mixtures

Ben Jeddou et al. found that potatoes and the nutrients in them have been linked to a number of impressive health benefits, such as better control of blood sugar and lower risk of heart disease. 2014d increased immunity they may likewise work on stomach related wellbeing and battle indications of maturing. The focus and strength of these constituents are impacted by a few factors like genotype, agronomic variables, postharvest capacity, cooking, and handling conditions. Besides, potato tubers are a significant food source as well as an imperative unrefined substance in the starch handling industry, a wellspring of creature feed and a possibly significant asset of pharmacological mixtures. Waste potato peels were utilized as the sole source of carbon and were increasingly utilized as feedstock for industrial biofuels. With respect to significance of this plant, various examinations have been led to concentrate on its reaction and variation to outrageous circumstances. Potato has an exceptionally different circulation design, which gives characteristics variety to guarantee quality, accessibility, and strength. The development of new robust varieties that can withstand pests and diseases, produce in extreme climates, and have improved nutritional characteristics has been the primary focus of research to date. Especially, plant salt resilience requires an enormous number of quality controls to control the particle homeostasis in crops. The regulation of cation (Na+, K+)/H+ exchange for ion homeostasis, cell growth, plant development, and abiotic stress tolerance has been the subject of numerous molecular and biochemical studies in recent years. Additionally, chlorine, primarily in the form of Cl, is an essential component of plants' osmotic equilibrium. The definitive job of Cl− in crop yield has prompted powerless plant development, low yield and low quality. So far, researchers have identified hundreds of genes that regulate these processes. The regulation of stomatal opening and closing, stabilization of the membrane potential, photosynthesis, regulation of intracellular pH gradients, and electrical excitability, as well as the involvement of chloride channels in plant defense responses.

Anticipated for Transgenic Plants

Rearing potato cultivars for better aggregates by regular techniques is dreary, troublesome, and tedious. Additionally, the quantitative inheritance pattern of the S. tuberosum species is extremely complex and the species is tetraploid. Then again, hereditary designing offers an amazing apparatus for further developing potato cultivars, for example, salt and sickness obstruction or high protein esteem in the generally adjusted cultivars. Subsequently, the creation of transgenic plants can be a valuable option in contrast to conventional rearing strategies and has been thought of as a mean of getting first class cultivar with worked on agronomic qualities. Both NHX and CLC qualities have been utilized in transgenic strategies to further develop a few animal types refined under abiotic stress conditions. Indeed, they are thought to improve intracellular ionic homeostasis by participating in monovalent cation (primarily K+ and Na+) and anion (NO3 and Cl) vacuolar compartmentalization. As a result, improved growth and osmoregulation are anticipated for transgenic plants. For example, hereditary change with the vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter AtNHX1 improved agronomical person (yield, leaves region,) in Arabidopsis, tomato and brassica.

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