Production of plant in which active ingredient for eliminating active oxygen species is increased

Abstract

Abstract PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a plant havign a function increased in an active ingredient for eliminating active oxygen species by irradiating the plant such as a vegetable, fruit, alga, herb or three with light containing UV light having a specific wavelength or strength during the growth of the plant or after the harvest of the plant. SOLUTION: During the growth of a plant or after the harvest of the plant, the plant is irradiated with light containing artificial UV light. When parsley is cultured in a green house, the parsley is irradiated with UV light-containing light for one hr or longer in each day during a week before the harvest of the parsley. After the irradiation, the parsley is analyzed. The analysis result shows than an active ingredient for eliminating active oxygen species is increased in comparison with that of non-irradiated parsley.

Inventors

• 👤 Kyoichi Hotta
• 👤 匡一 堀田

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