This review examined the factors that influence flavour volatiles of cocoa beans and the
volume of work that needs to be done on these factors and their impact on the flavour …

Cocoa beans provide raw materials for global food industries valued in excess of $47 billion
in world exportations. Through on-farm processing, about 80% of cocoa fruit is discarded as …

Introduction: Natural products have seen a wide range of acceptability for the prevention and
treatment of diseases throughout history. Resveratrol, a member of the stilbene family, has …

This paper compiles the beneficial effects of cocoa polyphenols on human health, especially
with regard to cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancer …

The aim of this work was to determine the chemical, technological and in vitro antioxidant
properties of cocoa co-products such as cocoa pod husks, cocoa bean shell and cocoa …

Neurodegenerative disorders (ND) are characterized by the progressive and irreversible
loss of neurons. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most incident age-related ND, in which the …

Polyphenols form the largest group of compounds among natural antioxidants, which largely
affect the overall antioxidant and antifree radical activity of cocoa beans. The qualitative and …

Parkinson's disease is a chronic, debilitating neurodegenerative movement disorder
characterized by progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra …

In this study we compared two gelation mechanisms for the preparation of alginate beads
with encapsulated cocoa extract. We used the extrusion method to induce the external …

The aims of this study were to determine the antioxidant and antiproliferative activity of the
following Theobroma cacao plant part methanolic extracts: leaf, bark, husk, fermented and …