Chinese yam (Dioscorea): Nutritional value, beneficial effects, and food and pharmaceutical applications

Y Li, S Ji, T Xu, Y Zhong, M Xu, Y Liu, M Li… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Currently, balanced diet and healthy foods are attracting increasing attention
due to their great health-beneficial effects. The tuber of Dioscorea (yam) is both edible and …

The Dioscorea Genus (Yam)—An Appraisal of Nutritional and Therapeutic Potentials

JE Obidiegwu, JB Lyons, CA Chilaka - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

Flavonoids: isolation, characterization, and health benefits

A Ekalu, JD Habila - Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Background The unique and vast pharmacological activities of flavonoids have made them
of research interest. This led to the use of various techniques to isolate and characterize …

Vegetable phytochemicals: An update on extraction and analysis techniques

M Sharma, P Kaushik - Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Phytochemicals represent a wide variety of bioactive compounds obtained from plants that
are highly capable of promoting human health. They perform various important functions in …

The role of natural products from medicinal plants against COVID-19: traditional medicine practice in Tanzania

SH Mlozi - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Pandemic COVID-19 is a dangerous disease caused by a new coronavirus
known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). There is non-reliable drug or …

Chemical Constituents, Antioxidant Potential, and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Pimpinella anisum Extracts against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

AN AlBalawi, A Elmetwalli, DM Baraka, HA Alnagar… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aniseeds (Pimpinella anisum) have gained increasing attention for their nutritional and
health benefits. Aniseed extracts are known to contain a range of compounds, including …

Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties and Characterization of Natural Fiber Composites Reinforced Poly(Lactic Acid): Miswak (Salvadora Persica L.) Fibers

AF Nur Diyana, A Khalina, MS Sapuan… - … Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
7000 years ago, miswak fiber (MF) was used as a toothbrush for oral care. However, since
the emergence of plastic materials, it monopolized the oral care industry. The increment of …

Role of rutin in 5-fluorouracil-induced intestinal mucositis: prevention of histological damage and reduction of inflammation and oxidative stress

LS Fideles, JAL de Miranda, CS Martins, MLL Barbosa… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Intestinal mucositis, characterized by inflammatory and/or ulcerative processes in the
gastrointestinal tract, occurs due to cellular and tissue damage following treatment with 5 …

Targeting gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Potential roles of dietary flavonoids

S Han, Y Luo, Z Hu, D Qin, F Luo - Food Bioscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common endocrine and progressive metabolic
disorder disease, which seriously threatens peoples' lives and health. Due to the high cost of …

Progress and achievements in glycosylation of flavonoids

RS Khodzhaieva, ES Gladkov, A Kyrychenko… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the chemistry of flavonoid glycosylation has undergone significant
developments. This mini-review is devoted to summarizing existing strategies and methods …