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Phenolic bioactives as antiplatelet aggregation factors: the pivotal ingredient...
Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Quispe, Cristina; Zam, Wissam; Kumar, Manoj; Cardoso, Susana M.; Pereira, Olívia R.; Ademiluyi, Adedayo O.; Adeleke, OluwakemiCardiovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the main causes of mortality in the world. The development of these diseases has a specific factor—alteration in blood platelet activation. It has been shown that phenolic compounds have antiplatelet aggregation abilities and a positive impact in the management of CVD, exerting prominent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, cardioprotective, antihyperglycemic, and ...
The therapeutic potential of wogonin observed in preclinical studies
Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Herrera-Bravo, Jesús; Salazar, Luis A.; Shaheen, Shabnum; Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Seyed; Kobarfard, Farzad; Imran, MuhammadWogonin is a flavonoid found in different plants such as roots of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi distributed mainly in Asia and Europe. Dried root extracts of S. baicalensis with high content of wogonin, popularly known as "Huang-Qin" or Chinese or baical skullcap, have been used for long time in traditional Chinese medicine. Several health benefits are attributed to wogonin and derivatives showing anti-inflamm...
Areca catechu - from farm to food and biomedical applications
Salehi, Bahare; Konovalov, Dmitry A.; Fru, Pascaline; Kapewangolo, Petrina; Peron, Gregorio; Ksenija, Mileski S.; Cardoso, Susana M.; Pereira, Olívia R.The family Arecaceae includes 181 genera and 2,600 species with a high diversity in physical characteristics. Areca plants, commonly palms, which are able to grow in nearly every type of habitat, prefer tropical and subtropical climates. The most studied species Areca catechu L. contains phytochemicals as phenolics and alkaloids with biological properties. The phenolics are mainly distributed in roots followed ...