New foods for thought

Kendal D Hirschi

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2012.01.004

New foods for thought

Trends Plant Sci. 2012 Mar;17(3):123-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.01.004. Epub 2012 Jan 20.

Author

Kendal D Hirschi¹

Affiliation

¹ United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

PMID: 22265093
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.01.004

Abstract

Recent findings show that genetic material in plant foods may survive digestion, circulate through our bodies and modulate our gene expression. These findings could alter our understanding of nutrition, genetic regulation and open up new vistas for engineering foods.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Food*
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Humans
MicroRNAs / genetics
Phytotherapy
Plants / genetics
Plants / metabolism

Substances

MicroRNAs