Health benefits and pharmacological properties of stigmasterol

S Bakrim, N Benkhaira, I Bourais, T Benali, LH Lee… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Stigmasterol is an unsaturated phytosterol belonging to the class of tetracyclic triterpenes. It
is one of the most common plant sterols, found in a variety of natural sources, including …

COVID-19: is there evidence for the use of herbal medicines as adjuvant symptomatic therapy?

D Silveira, JM Prieto-Garcia, F Boylan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Current recommendations for the self-management of SARS-Cov-2 disease
(COVID-19) include self-isolation, rest, hydration, and the use of NSAID in case of high fever …

Critical review on nutritional, bioactive, and medicinal potential of spices and herbs and their application in food fortification and nanotechnology

D Mandal, T Sarkar, R Chakraborty - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
Medicinal or herbal spices are grown in tropical moist evergreen forestland, surrounding
most of the tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Himalayas in India (Sikkim …

Green synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles by the aqueous extract of Laurus nobilis L. leaves and evaluation of the antimicrobial activity

M Jamzad, M Kamari Bidkorpeh - Journal of nanostructure in Chemistry, 2020 - Springer
A valuable approach in green nanotechnology is the application of biomaterials in the
synthesis of nanoparticles. In this project, we synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles in the …

Lower COVID-19 mortality in Italian forested areas suggests immunoprotection by Mediterranean plants

V Roviello, GN Roviello - Environmental chemistry letters, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has induced dramatic effects on the population of the
industrialized north of Italy, whereas it has not heavily affected inhabitants of the southern …

Extraction and encapsulation of Laurus nobilis leaf extract with nano-liposome and its effect on oxidative, microbial, bacterial and sensory properties of minced beef

SS Tometri, M Ahmady, P Ariaii, MS Soltani - Journal of Food …, 2020 - Springer
The aim of this study was the effect of nanoliposome-encapsulated extract and free extract of
bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) on shelf-life of minced beef during 16 days storage in refrigerator …

Antimicrobial effect of laurel essential oil nanoemulsion on food-borne pathogens and fish spoilage bacteria

Y Özogul, N El Abed, F Özogul - Food chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aimed to apply nanotechnology for nanoformulation of Laurus nobilis
essential oil (EO) by ultrasonic emulsification method and characterization of nano-form …

A Review of the Botany, Volatile Composition, Biochemical and Molecular Aspects, and Traditional Uses of Laurus nobilis

A Paparella, B Nawade, L Shaltiel-Harpaz, M Ibdah - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Laurus nobilis L. is an aromatic medicinal plant widely cultivated in many world regions. L.
nobilis has been increasingly acknowledged over the years as it provides an essential …

Combination strategies of different antimicrobials: An efficient and alternative tool for pathogen inactivation

N Basavegowda, KH Baek - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the discovery and development of an array of antimicrobial agents, multidrug
resistance poses a major threat to public health and progressively increases mortality …

Profiling of essential oils components and polyphenols for their antioxidant activity of medicinal and aromatic plants grown in different environmental conditions

A Chrysargyris, M Mikallou, S Petropoulos… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the present study, the yield, the chemical composition, and the antioxidant activities of the
essential oils (EOs) of eight medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) cultivated under two …