Proceedings of the tropical fruits in human nutrition and health conference 2008

Contents Foreword v Tropical fruits in human nutrition and health conference 2008—an overview 1 Tropical fruit as excellent resources for nutrigenomics 3 Ervin Balázs Tropical fruits, nutrition and population health 7 Biofortification of bananas 9 H. Khanna, D. Becker, E. Whitelaw, M. Harrison, M. Bateson, R. Harding and J.L. Dale HarvestPlus agenda in relation to tropical fruits 19 J. Stangoulis, W. Pfeiffer, B. McClafferty, J.V. Meenakshi, C. Hotz and H. Bouis Fruit intake for healthy body size in the Pacific region 23 Rachel Novotny and Caryn E.S. Oshiro Cultivar selection can have significant implications for our health 30 Wendy Foley, Lois Englberger, Geoffrey C. Marks, Adelino Lorens and Graham Lyons Health effects of fruit 38 Peter Clifton Nutritional bioactives and functional foods 45 Mango processing with particular consideration of carotene retention and pectin recovery 47 Sybille Neidhart and Reinhold Carle Healthful and nutritional components in select Florida tropical fruits 60 Elizabeth Baldwin, John A. Manthey, Gary Luzio, Kevin Goodner, Anne Plotto, Kanjana Mahattanatawee and Fred Gmitter By-products from mango (Mangifera indica L.) processing as a source of functional compounds 67 Andreas Schieber and Reinhold Carle Bioavailability and sensory evaluation 75 Prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes associated with metabolic syndrome using some plant-based food factors 77 Takanori Tsuda Fruit phytochemicals: the relationship between molecular structure, bioavailability and human health 88 Tony K. McGhie and Daniel J. Comeskey Methods to determine the bioavailability of phytochemicals 98 M. Netzel, G. Netzel, R. Addepalli, R. Seymour and L. Day Consumer motivation for purchase and consumption of fruit products 111 Sara R. Jaeger Tropical flavours to tempt consumers 126 H. Smyth, S. Kirchhoff, S. Fuller, K. Abberton, C. Davis, I. Bally, R.G. Dietzgen iv Proceedings of the tropical fruits in human nutrition and health conference 2008 Fruit marketing and health 133 Influence of treatments on retaining nutritional compounds in fresh-cut fruit 134 E. Aguayo and A.C. Silveira Challenges in the supply chain to improve the sales of tropical fruits for their health benefits 146 Sarah Pennell Biodiscovery technologies 153 The genomics of fruit quality 154 Andy C. Allan, William Laing, Richard V. Espley, Mirco Montefiori, Charles Dwamena, Rebecca Henry, Kui Lin-Wang, Andrew P. Dare and Roger P. Hellens Exploiting banana biodiversity to reduce vitamin A deficiency-related illness: a fast and cost-effective strategy 159 M.W. Davey, H. Garming, B. Ekesa, N. Roux and I. Van den Bergh Genomics, super-domestication and crops 172 J.S. (Pat) Heslop-Harrison Papaya genomics 177 Ray Ming Discovery of bioactives in tropical fruits 189 G.R. Monteith, A.S. Wilkinson, B.M. Flanagan, R.G. Dietzgen, P.N. Shaw, M.J. Gidley and S.J. Roberts-Thomson Poster presentations 195 Papaya (Carica papaya) as a source of glucotropaeolin and its active derivative, benzyl-isothiocyanate 197 Tim J. O’Hare, Lung S. Wong, David J. Williams and Sharon Pun The health benefits of tropical fruit grown in Queensland, Australia 202 K. Fanning, D. Murray, R. Stanley and M. Netzel