Results: 22

Pharmacognostical studies of Eclipta prostrata (Linn. ) grown in Sri Lanka

Eclipta prostrata Linn. is an annual herbaceous plant used in traditional medicine, commonly known as “Trailing Eclipta” or False Daisy in English, ‘ Keekirindiya ’ in Sinhala and ‘ Kayyantakara’ in Tamil. The aim of this study was to conduct a detailed pharmacognostical evalu...

Biological properties and phytochemical characterization from Miconia chamissois Naudin aqueous extract

The objective of this study was to evaluate biological and phytochemical properties of the aqueous extract from the leaves of Miconia chamissois Naudin (AEMC). Phytochemical properties were assessed by analyzing the chromatographic profile and the polyphenol content of AEMC. Biological properties evalua...

Capacidad antioxidante de un chocolate oscuro de granos cacao orgánico sin fermentar
Antioxidant capacity of a dark chocolate from organic and unfermented cocoa beans

Se evaluó la composición proximal, el contenido de polifenoles totales y la capacidad antioxidante de un chocolate oscuro formulado a partir de granos de cacao orgánico, seco, y no sometido al proceso fermentativo. Este producto fue elaborado con insumos y procesos desarrollados en la Granja Experimen...

Main changes on the polyphenols profile and antioxidant capacity in Manila mango (Mangifera indica L)

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 70 (4), 2020
Mango is the second most commercialized tropical fruit in the world, and Mexico is the major exporter. In terms of mango production, Manila´s variety represents a quarter of the total mangoes production in Mexico. However, the changes that occur on the phenolic compounds during the Manila mango ripening...

Difusión y gestión de la base de datos de polifenoles desarrollada en Argentina: ARFenol-Foods

Actual. nutr; 21 (3), 2020
Introducción: en Argentina no hay disponible información sistemática sobre el contenido de polifenoles de sus alimen-tos. Se desarrolló una base de datos de polifenoles, ARFenol-Foods, que recopila información de publicaciones científicas e informes de datos de contenido de polifenoles en al...

Ellagic acid production using polyphenols from orange peel waste by submerged fermentation

Background: Biotechnological processes are part of modern industry as well as stricter environmental requirements. The need to reduce production costs and pollution demands for alternatives that involve the integral use of agro-industrial waste to produce bioactive compounds. The citrus industry generate...

In vitro antifungal activity and phytochemical characterization of Eugenia uniflora, Libidibia ferrea and Psidium guajava

The aim of this study was evaluate the in vitro antifungal activity of crude extracts from Eugenia uniflora, Libidibia ferrea and Psidium guajava. The extracts were obtained by turbo-extraction using water (AQ) or acetone-water (AC-W) (7:3, v/v) as solvents and lyophilized to obtain the crude extracts (C...

Berberina, curcumina y quercetina como potenciales agentes con capacidad antiparasitaria

Rev. biol. trop; 68 (4), 2020
Introducción: El uso indiscriminado de agentes antiparasitarios ha resultado en el establecimiento de resistencia a ellos. Por lo cual es necesario el desarrollo de nuevas alternativas de tratamiento. Los productos naturales poseen diversas cualidades como posibles coadyuvantes en terapias contra distin...

In vitro screening for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibition and antimicrobial activity of chia seeds (Salvia hispanica)

BACKGROUND: Chia seeds are gaining increasing interest among food producers and consumers because of their prohealth properties. RESULTS: The aim of this work was to evaluate the potential of chia seeds to act as acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitors. The highest inhibit...

Jaboticaba yoghurts enriched with whey protein or albumin: evaluation of phenolic content and color

Rev. bras. ciênc. vet; 26 (4), 2019
In the present study, nonfat yoghurt made with whey protein isolate (WPI) or pasteurized egg white powder (albumin) was added with syrup containing jaboticaba pulp and lyophilized jaboticaba peel flour and six experimental groups were made: control yoghurt (CY); WPI yoghurt (WY); albumin yoghurt (AY), sy...