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 …

Zinc-curcumin based complexes in health and diseases: An approach in chemopreventive and therapeutic improvement

S Prasad, R Lall - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Curcumin, a polyphenolic compound isolated from turmeric rhizome, displays antioxidant,
anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-microbial, antiviral, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, immune …

Onion peel waste mediated-green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their phytotoxicity on mung bean and wheat plant growth

S Modi, VK Yadav, N Choudhary, AM Alswieleh… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles and nanomaterials have gained a huge amount of attention in the last decade
due to their unique and remarkable properties. Metallic nanoparticles like zinc oxide …

Scallion peel mediated synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their applications as nano fertilizer and photocatalyst for removal of organic pollutants from …

S Soltani, A Gacem, N Choudhary, VK Yadav… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology and nanomaterials have gained much attention in recent years due to their
remarkable features. Among nanoparticles, photocatalytic material, such as zinc oxide, have …

Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemistry and Antiviral Potential of Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

BBL Srivastava, AS Ripanda, HM Mwanga - Compounds, 2022 - mdpi.com
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been a famous root crop for its medicinal properties since pre-
historical times. Lack of effective therapeutics for most viral diseases, higher cost of some …

Sunlight photocatalytic performance of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by green chemistry using different botanical extracts and zinc acetate as a precursor

J López-López, A Tejeda-Ochoa, A López-Beltrán… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work, the assessment of Azadirachta indica, Tagetes erecta, Chrysanthemum
morifolium, and Lentinula edodes extracts as catalysts for the green synthesis of zinc oxide …

Formulation with zinc acetate enhances curcumin's inherent and photodynamic antimicrobial effects for food preservation

L Chen, X Li, J Chen, R Lin, Y Mai, Y Lin, G Wang… - Food Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Food spoilage is primarily caused by microbial contamination. Curcumin has attracted
attention as a safe and healthy food preservative based on its favorable pharmacological …

Physicochemical properties of ZnONPs synthesized by chemical, sonochemical, and green methods: comparative study

A Alsuraihi, MA Salam, N Elbialy - Applied Physics A, 2023 - Springer
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) have gained wide interest owing to their distinct
characteristics. ZnONPs are commonly synthesized by chemical methods that have the …

[HTML][HTML] A green solution for eliminating methylene blue and crystal violet dyes using eco-friendly zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized from Dracaena trifasciata

T Malarvizhi, K Muthukumaran, P Thamarai - Desalination and Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern technological development has unavoidably resulted in more pollution, especially in
aquatic environments. While extensively utilized in various industries, cationic dyes pose a …

Zinc oxide and copper oxide nanoparticles as a potential solution for controlling Phytophthora infestans, the late blight disease of potatoes

AA AlHarethi, QY Abdullah, HJ AlJobory, ARM Anam… - Discover Nano, 2024 - Springer
Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a major potato disease globally, leading to
significant economic losses of $6.7 billion. To address this issue, we evaluated the …