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Valorization of olive mill residues: antioxidant and breast cancer antiprolifer...
Ramos, Patrícia; Santos, Sónia; Guerra, Ângela; Guerreiro, Olinda; Felício, Laura; Jerónimo, Eliana; Silvestre, Armando; Neto, Carlos PascoalPhenolic composition, antioxidant and breast cancer antiproliferative activities of water and methanol/water derived extracts from olive pomace (OP) and dry olive mill residue (DOR), from Portuguese industries, were studied. DOR water (DORW) extracts showed the highest extraction yield; as well as the highest total phenolic content (TPC) and hydroxytyrosol (HT) (∼25 mg/g extract). HPLC–ESI-MS analysis identifie...
Biological characterization of Cynara cardunculus L. Methanolic extracts: antio...
Velez, Zélia; Campinho, Marco António; Guerra, Ângela R.; García, Laura; Ramos, Patricia; Guerreiro, Olinda; Felício, Laura; Schmitt, Fernando<i>Cynara cardunculus</i> (Cc) is a multipurpose species; beyond its use in southwestern European cuisine, it is also used for the production of solid biofuel, seed oil, biodiesel, paper pulp and cheese, as well as animal feed. In addition, Cc has a long tradition of use in folk medicine as a diuretic and liver protector. The value of this species as a source of bioactive compounds is known; however, pharmacolo...