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In vitro biological activity screening of arbutus unedo leaves in light of thei...
Nunes, Ricardo; Saraiva De Carvalho, Isabel; Paśko, Paweł; Tyszka – Czochara, Małgorzata; Szewczyk, Agnieszka; Szlósarczyk, Marek; Podolak, IrmaThe biological activity of A. unedo leaves, in relation to their traditional medicinal use in treating gastrointestinal and urinary tract diseases was verified. The ethanol extract of the leaves was quantitatively described in terms of flavonoids and phenolic acids (RP-HPLC), and zinc (voltametric analysis) and subjected to cytotoxic (MTT), antioxidant (TPC, TFC, TAA, RP, DPPH, and FRAP), antibacterial (disc di...
Chemical composition, antioxidant, and α-Glucosidase-Inhibiting activity of aqu...
Bljajić, Kristina; Brajković, Andrea; Čačić, Ana; Vujić, Lovorka; Jablan, Jasna; Saraiva De Carvalho, Isabel; Zovko Končić, MarijanaType 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic disease with a growing prevalence worldwide. In addition to the conventional therapy, many T2D patients use phytotherapeutic preparations. In the present study, chemical composition, antioxidant, and -glucosidase inhibiting activity of traditional antidiabetics from Croatian ethnomedicine (Achillea millefolium, Artemisia absinthium, Centaurium erythraea, Morus alba, Phaseolus ...
Phycoremediation potential of Chlorella sp. on the polluted Thirumanimutharu ri...
Narayanan, Mathiyazhagan; Prabhakaran, Murugan; Natarajan, Devarajan; Kandasamy, Sabariswaran; Rathinam, Raja; Saraiva De Carvalho, IsabelRivers are the most significant natural resources that afford outstanding habitation and nourishment for numerous living organisms. Urbanization and industrialization pollute rivers rendering their water unhealthy for consumption. Hence, this work was designed to find a potential native pollutant removing algae from polluted water. The physicochemical properties of the tested river water such as Electric Conduc...
Food composition databases: does it matter to human health?
Delgado, Amélia; Issaoui, Manel; Vieira, Margarida; Saraiva De Carvalho, Isabel; Fardet, AnthonyFood provides humans with more than just energy and nutrients, addressing both vital needs and pleasure. Food habits are determined by a wide range of factors, from sensorial stimuli to beliefs and, once commanded by local and seasonal availability, are nowadays driven by marketing campaigns promoting unhealthy and non-sustainable foodstuffs. Top-down and bottom-up changes are transforming food systems, driven ...
A review of the health benefit potentials of herbal plant infusions and their m...
Farzaneh, Vahid; Saraiva De Carvalho, IsabelNowadays, there has been a universal propensity to application of natural phytochemicals accessible in diverse intrinsic rich sources such as fruits, leaves, branches as well as roots of different plants because of existence of substituents with bioactive potentials, well-being advantages and functional ingredients. The preservative consequence of many herbs and spices are proposing the existence of composition...