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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Influence of Elevated Oxygen Input and LED Lighting on the Bioactive Compounds Profile of

Augustina Sandina Tronac, Mihaela Dragoi Cudalbeanu, Simona Marcu Spinu, Zina Paraschiv, Sorin Marius Avramescu, Alina Ortan, Sorin Mihai Cimpeanu

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Augustina Sandina TronacFaculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihaela Dragoi CudalbeanuFaculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2158-3877
Simona Marcu SpinuFaculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.
Zina ParaschivFaculty of Biotechnologies, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.
Sorin Marius AvramescuFaculty of Animal Productions Engineering and Management, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5067-0323
Alina OrtanFaculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0925-1677
Sorin Mihai CimpeanuFaculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.

Funding

University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest Internal Project Project no. 850/30.06.2023.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enhancing bioactive compounds with antioxidant activities has always been a pursuit of growers in the hydroponic production of lettuce in greenhouses with artificial lighting. Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting represents an effective lighting strategy that promotes the accumulation of bioactive compounds in lettuce by reducing dark periods under unfavorable meteorological conditions and extending the photosynthetic duration. In this study, the accumulation of bioactive compounds and their antioxidant activities, using lettuce-adapted growth technologies such as elevated oxygen concentration and elevated oxygen combined with LED red-blue light, were investigated. These technologies were compared to the control, which consisted of the natural oxygen concentration, in a controlled hydroponic system, for the two lettuce cultivars, Carmesi and Lugano. Our results demonstrate that lettuce grown under elevated oxygen combined with LED lighting exhibited increases of up to 48% in total phenolic content and up to 87% in total flavonoid content, depending on cultivar and growing season, compared to control growth technology. The highest antioxidant capacity was recorded under the EOC+LED growth technology, as confirmed by DPPH, FRAP, and CUPRAC assays. This study proposes an effective growth strategy for hydroponic lettuce cultivation that enhances bioactive compound accumulation and provides theoretical and technical guidance for energy-efficient greenhouse production.

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antioxidant indexCUPRACDPPHFRAPlettuce extractpolyphenolic compoundsUHPLC

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PMID41517081
PMCPMC12786110

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