Heavy metals represent a group of dangerous pollutants, to which is paid close attention.
Many heavy metals are essential as important constituents of pigments and enzymes …

People's diet offers a greater and more diverse group of plant bioactives than do drugs, and
they often do not realise that many drugs are derived from the compounds originally …

Multiple in vitro tests are widely applied to assess the anticancer activity of new compounds,
including their combinations and interactions with other drugs. The MTT (3-(4, 5 …

Although selenium (Se) is a known anticarcinogen, little is known regarding how Se affects
other nutritional qualities in crops. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) was supplied with 0–50 …

Pleurotus ostreatus fungus forms an edible mushroom that possesses important nutritional
and medicinal properties. Selenium (Se) is essential to human diets and it is in low …

A chronic increase of oxidative stress is typical of serious pathologies such as myocardial
infarction, stroke, chronic limb ischemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

In this study, antioxidant activities of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Brassica oleracea L.
var. italica were investigated. The antioxidant properties of both extracts of Brassica …

The concept that bioactive components in functional foods are efficacious for the
improvement of health, has recently gained much importance. The cruciferous vegetables …

Selenium (Se) is an essential nutrient for humans, due to its antioxidant properties, whereas,
to date, its essentiality to plants still remains to be demonstrated. Nevertheless, if added to …

Selenium, a “dual-surface” element, maintains a very thin line between a level of necessity
and harmfulness. Because of this, a deficiency or excess of this element in an organism is …