Md. Ibrahim Khalil, Mohammed Moniruzzaman, Laïd Boukraâ, Mokhtar Benhanifia et al.
The aim of the present study was to characterize the physical, biochemical and antioxidant properties of Algerian honey samples (n = 4). Physical parameters, such as pH, moisture content, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), color intensity, total sugar and sucrose content wer...
Md. Ali Asgar
Starch is the main carbohydrate in human nutrition. Starch digestibility can vary from a rapid digestion to indigestibility. Therefore, postprandial glycaemic control in type 2 diabetics is of great interest in the context of worldwide health concerns. Although powerful synthetic inhibitors of starc...
Md. Rezaul Islam, Shopnil Akash, Md. Mominur Rahman, Feana Tasmim Nowrin et al.
Colon cancer affects both men and women and is the world's second most significant cause of cancer-related mortality. Colon cancer death rates have risen worldwide due to the current food habit and lifestyle, which include a lot of meat, alcohol, and not enough physical exercise. As a result, novel,...
Sarmistha Mitra, Raju Dash
Among all types of cancer, breast cancer is one of the most challenging diseases, which is responsible for a large number of cancer related deaths. Hormonal therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy have been used as treatment of breast cancer, for a very long time. Due to severe side effects...
Fatima Tuj Johra, Asim Kumar Bepari, Anika Tabassum Bristy, Hasan Mahmud Reza
Carotenoids are natural lipid-soluble antioxidants abundantly found as colorful pigments in fruits and vegetables. At least 600 carotenoids occur naturally, although about 20 of them, including β-carotene, α-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, meso-zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin, are detectable i...
Min Shi, Jingyu Gu, Hanjing Wu, Abdur Rauf et al.
Lettuce is one of the most famous leafy vegetables worldwide with lots of applications from food to other specific uses. There are different types in the lettuce group for consumers to choose from. Additionally, lettuce is an excellent source of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, carotenoids, ...
Umakanta Sarker, Shinya Oba
Amaranthus tricolor genotype VA13 was evaluated under four salinity stress in terms of color parameters, leaf pigments, β-carotene, vitamin C, TPC, TFC, TAC, phenolic acids and flavonoids. Salinity stress significantly increases all the studied traits. The increments of all these compounds were high...
Maruf Ahmed, Mst. Sorifa Akter, Jin-Cheol Lee, Jong‐Bang Eun
Purple-fleshed sweet potato flour could be used to enhance the colour, flavour and nutrients in food products. Thus, the investigation was to produce encapsulated flours from purple-fleshed sweet potato by spray drying using combinations of various levels of ascorbic acid (5 g kg−1 and 10 g kg−1) an...
E. M. Tanvir, Md. Sakib Hossen, Md. Fuad Hossain, Rizwana Afroz et al.
We investigated the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of different forms (local names: mura and chora ) of turmeric (Curcuma longa) from the Khulna and Chittagong divisions of Bangladesh for their antioxidant properties and polyphenol, flavonoid, tannin, and ascorbic acid contents. The antioxidant acti...
Hasin Hasnat, Suriya Akter Shompa, Mirazul Islam, Safaet Alam et al.
, and clinical research. The review contains recent trends, therapeutical interventions, and futuristic aspects of flavonoids to treat several diseases like diabetes, inflammation, bacterial and viral infections, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases. However, this manuscript should be handy in futur...
Vaishali Aggarwal, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Mousumi Tania, Saumya Srivastava et al.
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), also known as epigallocatechin-3-gallate, is an ester of epigallocatechin and gallic acid. EGCG, abundantly found in tea, is a polyphenolic flavonoid that has the potential to affect human health and disease. EGCG interacts with various recognized cellular targets an...
Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Mubeen Rani et al.
Here the tyrosinase inhibition studies of library of 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles have been reported and their structure-activity relationship (SAR) also have been discussed. The library of the oxadiazoles was synthesized under the microwave irradiation and was structures of these were charac...
Samir Kumar Sadhu, Emi Okuyama, Haruhiro Fujimoto, Masami Ishibashi
According to the traditional usage of the plant for antiinflammation and analgesia, Leucas aspera was tested for its prostaglandin (PG) inhibitory and antioxidant activities. The extract showed both activities, i.e., inhibition at 3 x 10(-4) g/ml against PGE(1)- and PGE(2)-induced contractions in gu...
Muhammad Imran, Farhan Saeed, Ghulam Hussain, Ali Imran et al.
Abstract Myricetin is a critical nutritive component of diet providing immunological protection and beneficial for maintaining good health. It is found in fruits, vegetables, tea, and wine. The families Myricaceae , Polygonaceae , Primulaceae , Pinaceae, and Anacardiaceae are the richest sources of ...
Taoufiq Benali, Saad Bakrim, Rokaia Ghchime, Nesrine Benkhaira et al.
Quinic acid is a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid contained in the extracts of several parts of medicinal plants including Haematocarpus validus, Hypericum empetrifolium, Achillea pseudoaleppica, Rumex nepalensis, Phagnalon saxatile subsp. saxatile, Coffea arabica, Ziziphus lotus L, and Artemisia annua L ...