[HTML][HTML] Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology

X He, J Fang, X Chen, Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Meng… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Actinidia chinensis Planch.(A. chinensis), commonly known as Chinese kiwifruit, is a China
native fruit, which becomes increasingly popular due to attractive economic, nutritional, and …

[HTML][HTML] Valorization of kiwi agricultural waste and industry by-products by recovering bioactive compounds and applications as food additives: A circular economy …

F Chamorro, M Carpena, M Fraga-Corral, J Echave… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, agricultural production generates large amounts of organic waste, both from the
maintenance of farms and crops (agricultural wastes) and from the industrialization of the …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced analysis of oligomeric proanthocyanidins: Latest approaches in liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry based analysis

N Symma, A Hensel - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Proanthocyanidins (PAC) are an important and widely spread class of natural products with
various bioactivities. The analytical evaluation of oligomeric and polymeric …

Condensed tannins from longan bark as inhibitor of tyrosinase: structure, activity, and mechanism

WM Chai, Q Huang, MZ Lin, C Ou-Yang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this study, the content, structure, antityrosinase activity, and mechanism of longan bark
condensed tannins were evaluated. The findings obtained from mass spectrometry …

Ultrasonic-assisted nanoencapsulation of kiwi leaves proanthocyanidins in liposome delivery system for enhanced biostability and bioavailability

JM Lv, BB Ismail, XQ Ye, XY Zhang, Y Gu, JC Chen - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The poor biostability and bioavailability of proanthocyanidins limit their application. In this
study, it was hypothesized that encapsulation in lecithin-based nanoliposomes using …

Anti-melanogenesis properties of condensed tannins from Vigna angularis seeds with potent antioxidant and DNA damage protection activities

WM Chai, QM Wei, WL Deng, YL Zheng, XY Chen… - Food & function, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Condensed tannins contained in food are known to have many beneficial impacts on human
health. In this study, we attempt to evaluate the structural features, antityrosinase effects, anti …

Antityrosinase and antioxidant properties of mung bean seed proanthocyanidins: Novel insights into the inhibitory mechanism

WM Chai, C Ou-Yang, Q Huang, MZ Lin, YX Wang… - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated the structure, antioxidant activity, antityrosinase activity and
mechanism of proanthocyanidins from mung bean seed [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]. The …

Avocado proanthocyanidins as a source of tyrosinase inhibitors: Structure characterization, inhibitory activity, and mechanism

WM Chai, MK Wei, R Wang, RG Deng… - Journal of agricultural …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Proanthocyanidins were purified from avocado (Persea americana) fruit, and their structures
were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass …

Identification of tyrosinase inhibitors in defatted seeds of evening primrose (Oenothera biennis L.) by affinity-labeled molecular networking

Z Wang, M Cui, H Wang, L Ma, Y Han, D Han… - Food Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The defatted seeds of evening primrose (DE), a by-product of evening primrose oil
extraction, are currently underutilized. This study aimed to valorize DE by examining its …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Proanthocyanidins from Kiwi Leaves (Actinidia chinensis) against Caco-2 Cells Oxidative Stress through Nrf2-ARE Signaling Pathway

JM Lv, M Gouda, XQ Ye, ZP Shao, JC Chen - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are considered to be effective natural byproduct and bioactive
antioxidants. However, few studies have focused on their mode of action pathways. In this …