Culinary herbs and spices: their bioactive properties, the contribution of polyphenols and the challenges in deducing their true health benefits

EI Opara, M Chohan - International journal of molecular sciences, 2014 - mdpi.com
Herbs and spices have been used for both culinary and medicinal purposes for centuries.
Over the last decade, research into their role as contributors of dietary polyphenols, known …

Potential of rosmarinic acid from Orthosiphon aristatus extract for inflammatory induced diseases and its mechanisms of action

SEM Saberi, LS Chua - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Orthosiphon aristatus has been traditionally used as a medicinal herb for various illnesses in
Southeast Asia and Europe. The most dominant bioactive compound of the herb is …

A simple and a reliable method to quantify antioxidant activity in vivo

MP de Torre, RY Cavero, MI Calvo, JL Vizmanos - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
The characterization of compounds with antioxidant activity is of great interest due to their
ability to reduce reactive oxygen species production and, therefore, prevent some age …

Full-Spectrum Analysis of Bioactive Compounds in Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) as Influenced by Different Extraction Methods

Y Sharma, R Velamuri, J Fagan, J Schaefer - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rosmarinus officinalis is a potent antioxidant herb rich in polyphenols. Ultra-high-
performance liquid chromatography, coupled with electrospray ionization and quadrupole …

Inhibition of amyloid fibrillation and cytotoxicity of lysozyme fibrillation products by polyphenols

S Shariatizi, AA Meratan, A Ghasemi… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies conducted under in vitro and in vivo conditions, have
concluded that polyphenols, compounds frequently occurring in many herbs with antioxidant …

Changes in the chemical profile and bioactive potentialities of Kombucha fermented Salvia aegyptiaca tea

A Reguigui, J Bouajila, A Juppeau, S Beaufort, M Gorai… - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Kombucha is a traditionally non-alcoholic drink prepared by fermenting sweet-flavored black
tea with tea fungus. In the present study, Salvia aegyptiaca tea was used as alternative …

Phenolic content, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory capacity of two Trametes species

G Zengin, A Karanfil, MC Uren, MS Kocak… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The phenolic composition, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory activities of methanolic and
water extracts of Trametes gibbosa (TG) and Trametes hirsuta (TH) were characterised for …

Exploring the rosmarinic acid profile of dark chocolate fortified with freeze-dried lemon balm extract using conventional and non-conventional extraction techniques

B Sik, EH Lakatos, V Kapcsándi, R Székelyhidi… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the feasibility of the fortification of dark chocolate with a freeze-
dried lemon balm extract rich in rosmarinic acid (RA). Given the food matrix used, it was …

Plant Tissue Culture: A Potential Tool for the Production of Secondary Metabolites

M Garg, S Datta, S Ahmad - In Vitro Propagation and Secondary …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Plants are an immense source of phytochemicals with therapeutic effects and are widely
used as life-saving drugs, and other products of varied applications. Plant tissue culture is a …

Benzenedicarboxylic acid upregulates O48814 and Q9FJQ8 for improved nutritional contents of tomato and low risk of fungal attack

A Ahmad, W Akram, I Shahzadi, R Wang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Tomato is an important food item and a cocktail of phytonutrients. In the
current study, metabolites from a non‐pathogenic fungal species Penicillium oxalicum have …