Enhancing health benefits through chlorophylls and chlorophyll-rich agro-food: A comprehensive review

T Martins, AN Barros, E Rosa, L Antunes - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chlorophylls play a crucial role in photosynthesis and are abundantly found in green fruits
and vegetables that form an integral part of our diet. Although limited, existing studies …

Functional properties of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) phytochemicals and bioactives

JL Roberts, R Moreau - Food & function, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Overwhelming evidence indicates that diets rich in fruits and vegetables are protective
against common chronic diseases, such as cancer, obesity and cardiovascular disease …

Beneficial effects of a chlorophyll-rich spinach extract supplementation on prevention of obesity and modulation of gut microbiota in high-fat diet-fed mice

Y Li, Y Cui, F Lu, X Wang, X Liao, X Hu… - Journal of Functional …, 2019 - Elsevier
Obesity has become a serious public health threat worldwide and recent evidence
demonstrates that gut microbiota plays an important role in obesity. To the best of our …

[HTML][HTML] Body weight loss, reduced urge for palatable food and increased release of GLP-1 through daily supplementation with green-plant membranes for three …

C Montelius, D Erlandsson, E Vitija, EL Stenblom… - Appetite, 2014 - Elsevier
The frequency of obesity has risen dramatically in recent years but only few effective and
safe drugs are available. We investigated if green-plant membranes, previously shown to …

[HTML][HTML] Consumption of thylakoid-rich spinach extract reduces hunger, increases satiety and reduces cravings for palatable food in overweight women

EL Stenblom, E Egecioglu, M Landin-Olsson… - Appetite, 2015 - Elsevier
Green-plant membranes, thylakoids, have previously been found to increase postprandial
release of the satiety hormone GLP-1, implicated in reward signaling. The purpose of this …

Spinacia oleracea Linn considered as one of the most perfect foods: A pharmacological and phytochemical review

RMP Gutierrez, EG Velazquez… - Mini Reviews in …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Leaves of Spinacia oleracea have been widely used as vegetarian foods.
Some studies on the chemical composition of spinach have shown that it contains a high …

Acute effects of a spinach extract rich in thylakoids on satiety: a randomized controlled crossover trial

CJ Rebello, J Chu, R Beyl, D Edwall… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: By retarding fat digestion, thylakoids, the internal photosynthetic membrane
system of green plants, promote the release of satiety hormones. This study examined the …

Dietary green-plant thylakoids decrease gastric emptying and gut transit, promote changes in the gut microbial flora, but does not cause steatorrhea

EL Stenblom, B Weström, C Linninge, P Bonn… - Nutrition & …, 2016 - Springer
Green-plant thylakoids increase satiety by affecting appetite hormones such as ghrelin,
cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). The objective of this study was …

The use of green leaf membranes to promote appetite control, suppress hedonic hunger and loose body weight

C Erlanson-Albertsson, PÅ Albertsson - Plant foods for human nutrition, 2015 - Springer
On-going research aims at answering the question, which satiety signal is the most potent or
which combination of satiety signals is the most potent to stop eating. There is also an aim at …

[HTML][HTML] Glucopyranoside flavonoids isolated from leaves of Spinacia oleracea (spinach) inhibit the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and aldose …

RMP Gutierrez, EG Velazquez - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose The formation and accumulation of advanced glycation end
products (AGEs) and rat lens aldose reductase (RLAR) generated in the glycation process …