Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
Dec 22, 2018
Background Acrylonitrile (AN) is a neurotoxin that is widely used to manufacture synthetic fibres, plastics and beverage containers. Recently, we reported the ameliorative role of 6-gingerol-rich fraction from Zingiber officinale (Ginger, GRF) on the...
Mutation research. Genetic toxicology and environmental mutagenesis
Dec 21, 2018
Phenolic groups of steroidal or nonsteroidal estrogens can redox cycle, leading to oxidative stress, where creation of reactive oxygen species are recognized as the main mechanism of their DNA damage properties. Dry olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf extr...
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
Dec 20, 2018
Background Based on our previous ethnobotanical survey, the non-investigated Saharan plant Anabasis aretioides Coss. & Moq., growing in the region of Errachidia, was selected for pharmacological investigation. In Moroccan traditional medicine, A. are...
Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS)
Dec 15, 2018
Several studies have been conducted on liver damage caused by cadmium, but few on the protective effects of Ganoderma triterpenoids against liver damage due to cadmium. This experiment was designed to evaluate the protective effects of Ganoderma trit...
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications
Dec 10, 2018
ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized using solution combustion technique and its antioxidant, antifungal, anticancer activity was studied. Ricinus communis plant seed extract used as fuel in synthesis by the solution combustion technique. Powder X...
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Nov 10, 2018
Moringa oleifera is a plant recognized for its compounds such as dietary fiber (oligosaccharides, amongst others) and polyphenols, with biological activities. These properties depend on bioactive compounds (BC) interactions with food matrix/digestion...
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Oct 4, 2018
This study evaluated the viability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) and its in vitro and in vivo resistance to the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) when carried by a mixed fermented pineapple and jussara juice. The effects of product ingestion on the ...
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Sep 25, 2018
In this study we evaluated the proximate composition of two Solanaceae fruits from Brazilian Cerrado, their mineral content, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phenolic compounds profile, and antioxidant capacity employing Oxygen Radical Absorbance C...
The objective of this study was to investigate the volatile compounds of the leaves of ten perilla accessions as well as to determine total polyphenols, antioxidant capacity. Essential oil (EOs) content ranged from 0.33 to 1.75 mL/100 g d.w. in PS3 a...
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Sep 4, 2018
To elucidate the sequence, origin and structure-activity relationship of antioxidant peptides from sesame protein, sesame protein was hydrolysed by a dual-enzyme system comprised alcalase and trypsin, then this hydrolysate was fractionated by ultrafi...
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