Curcuminoids, natural plant components, have been recently shown to display antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. They also produce potent chemo-preventive action against several types of cancer. In the present s...
Betalains are water-soluble, nitrogen-containing pigments of growing interest in the food industry. They are present in most plants belonging to the order Caryophyllales, where they fulfill the role of anthocyanins, and ...
A novel pea protein-based emulsifier was used in the production of oil in water (O/W) nanoemulsions. The regions of kinetically stabilized O/W emulsions were individuated in a pseudoternary diagram containing different p...
The decarboxylation of asparagine in the presence of alkanals, alkenals, and alkadienals, among other lipid derivatives, was studied in an attempt to understand the reaction pathways by which some lipid oxidation product...
The flower of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat (CM) is an established part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Luteolin and apigenin flavonoids are the effective components of the CM extract (CME); however, they exist i...
Low molecular weight flavan-3-ols are thought to be responsible, in part, for the cardiovascular benefits associated with cocoa powder and dark chocolate. The levels of epicatechin and catechin were determined in raw and...
Polyphenols are plant secondary metabolites commonly present in the human diet that possess the ability to bind and inhibit digestive proteins. In the present study, kinetic measurements of porcine pancreatic elastase (P...
Despite the wide literature describing the biological effects of polyphenols, scarce data are available on their content in the human diet. This study examined total polyphenols content, free and total phenolic acids pro...
The objective of this study was to develop a calibration model between time-domain low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) measurements and dry matter (DM) content in single potatoes. An extensive sampling procedur...
An enzymatic method to measure beta-glucan content (GEM assay) is applicable in a variety of matrices. The method is composed of swelling the sample with KOH and initial digestion with a lyticase, which is followed by tr...
Trichoderma harzianum ETS 323 secretes two glucanases, a 23.5 kDa endoglucanase (EG Th1) and a 61 kDa exoglucanase (ExG Th1). They were identified by their hydrolysis products and were purified to homogeneity. The optima...
The hydroxypropionaldehyde (HPA) system is a natural defense system synthesized by the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus routed. To elucidate which of the molecules composing the HPA system (3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-H...
The demand for organic food products is steadily increasing partly due to the expected health benefits of organic food consumption. Polyphenols, such as flavonoids and phenolic acids, are a group of secondary plant metab...
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacterium capable of producing four major toxins that are responsible for disease symptoms and pathogenesis in a variety of animals, humans, and poultry....
One hundred and three strains of lactic acid bacteria, isolated from various food ecosystems, were assayed for (beta-glucosidase activity toward p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside substrate. Lactobacillus plantarum DPP...
Previous studies have suggested that garlic oil could protect the cardiovascular system. However, the mechanism by which garlic oil protects diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy is unclear. In this study, streptozotocin (STZ)...