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Cucurbita plants: From farm to industry
Salehi, B; Sharifi-Rad, J; Capanoglu, E; Adrar, N; Catalkaya, G; Shaheen, S; Jaffer, M; Giri, L; Suyal, R; Jugran, AK; Calina, D; Docea, AOThe Cucurbita genus, a member of Cucurbitaceae family, also known as cucurbits, is native to the Americas. Genus members, like Cucurbita pepo and Cucurbita maxima, have been used for centuries in folk medicine for treating gastrointestinal diseases and intestinal parasites. These pharmacological effects are mainly attributed to their phytochemical composition. Indeed, Cucurbita species are a natural source of c...
Advances in chemical and biological methods to identify microorganisms—from pas...
Franco-Duarte, R; Cernáková, L; Kadam, S; Kaushik, K; Salehi, B; Bevilacqua, A; Corbo, M; Antolak, H; Dybka-Stepien, K; Leszczewicz, M; Tintino, SFast detection and identification of microorganisms is a challenging and significant feature from industry to medicine. Standard approaches are known to be very time-consuming and labor-intensive (e.g., culture media and biochemical tests). Conversely, screening techniques demand a quick and low-cost grouping of bacterial/fungal isolates and current analysis call for broad reports of microorganisms, involving t...
Cucurbits plants: A key emphasis to its pharmacological potential
Salehi, B; Capanoglu, E; Adrar, N; Catalkaya, G; Shaheen, S; Jaffer, M; Giri, L; Suyal, R; Jugran, A; Calina, D; Docea, A; Kamiloglu, S; Kregiel, DCucurbita genus has received a renowned interest in the last years. This plant species, native to the Americas, has served worldwide folk medicine for treating gastrointestinal diseases and intestinal parasites, among other clinical conditions. These pharmacological effects have been increasingly correlated with their nutritional and phytochemical composition. Among those chemical constituents, carotenoids, toc...
The therapeutic potential of Apigenin
Salehi, B; Venditti, A; Sharifi-Rad, M; Kregiel, D; Sharifi-Rad, J; Durazzo, A; Lucarini, M; Santini, A; Souto, EB; Novellino, E; Antolak, H; Azzini, ESeveral plant bioactive compounds have exhibited functional activities that suggest they could play a remarkable role in preventing a wide range of chronic diseases. The largest group of naturally-occurring polyphenols are the flavonoids, including apigenin. The present work is an updated overview of apigenin, focusing on its health-promoting effects/therapeutic functions and, in particular, results of in vivo ...
Aloe genus plants: From farm to food applications and phytopharmacotherapy
Salehi, B; Albayrak, S; Antolak, H; Kregiel, D; Pawlikowska, E; Sharifi-Rad, M; Uprety, Y; Fokou, P; Yousef, Z; Zakaria, Z; Varoni, E; Sharopov, FAloe genus plants, distributed in Old World, are widely known and have been used for centuries as topical and oral therapeutic agents due to their health, beauty, medicinal, and skin care properties. Among the well-investigated Aloe species are A. arborescens, A. barbadensis, A. ferox, and A. vera. Today, they account among the most economically important medicinal plants and are commonly used in primary health...
Plants of genus Mentha: From farm to food factory
Salehi, B; Stojanovic-Radic, Z; Matejic, J; Sharopov, F; Antolak, H; Kregiel, D; Sen, S; Sharifi-Rad, M; Acharya, K; Sharifi-Rad, R; Martorell, MGenus Mentha, a member of Lamiaceae family, encompasses a series of species used on an industrial scale and with a well-described and developed culture process. Extracts of this genus are traditionally used as foods and are highly valued due to the presence of significant amounts of antioxidant phenolic compounds. Many essential oil chemotypes show distinct aromatic flavor conferred by different terpene proport...