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Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.): Focus on Nutraceutical Aspects
Nazhand, Amirhossein; Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, Massimo; Silva, Amelia M.; Souto, Selma B.; Severino, Patricia; Souto, Eliana Maria BarbosaMedicinal plants have been globally exploiting as an alternative to chemical drugs in the treatment of several diseases due to low unwanted side effects, environmentally friendly nature, and low production costs. Therefore, it is important to analyze the therapeutic properties of various medicinal plants to understand their potential bioactivity. Uncaria tomentosa is one of these medicinal plants with many heal...
Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus Bunge): botanical, geographical, and histor...
Durazzo, Alessandra; Nazhand, Amirhossein; Lucarini, Massimo; Silva, Amelia M.; Souto, Selma B.; Guerra, Fabrizia; Severino, PatriciaMedicinal plants always are part of folk medicine and are nowadays receiving worldwide attention for prophylaxis, management, and treatment of several diseases, as an alternative to chemical drugs. The current work provided a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Astragalus and health relationship in literature. The analysis of their therapeutic potential is thus instrumental to understand their bioactivit...
Occurrence of tocols in foods: an updated shot of current databases
Durazzo, Alessandra; Nazhand, Amirhossein; Lucarini, Massimo; Delgado, Amélia; De Wit, Maryna; Nyam, Kar Lin; Santini, Antonello; Fawzy Ramadan, MohamedTocols are present in various foods, mostly in fruits and in plant seeds. Edible oils are the most important natural dietary sources of tocopherols and tocotrienols, collectively known as tocols. Tocopherols and tocotrienols are considered beneficial for their antioxidant effect which impacts on prevention of different health conditions. This perspective is addressed to give an updated picture of the tocol occu...
Vitex agnus-castus L.: Main Features and Nutraceutical Perspectives
Souto, Eliana B.; Durazzo, Alessandra; Nazhand, Amirhossein; Lucarini, Massimo; Zaccardelli, Massimo; Souto, Selma B.; Silva, Amélia M.Medicinal plants are used worldwide due to their lower risk of side e ects and eco-friendly, cost-e ective production when compared to chemical drugs, encouraging researchers to further exploit the therapeutic potential of the former. One of the most popular medicinal plants is Vitex agnus-castus L., grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions, to which di erent health benefits have already been attributed. In t...
Ready to use therapeutical beverages: focus on functional beverages containing ...
Nazhand, Amirhossein; Souto, Eliana B.; Lucarini, Massimo; Souto, Selma B.; Durazzo, Alessandra; Santini, AntonelloThe growing global interest in functional foods containing nutrients capable of adding possible beneficial health effects is rapidly increasing both interest and consumer demand. In particular, functionalized beverages for their potential positive effect on health e.g., decreasing cholesterol level, lowering sugar, high fiber content, ability to enhance the immune system, and help digestion, have recently recei...
Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.): an updated overview on its beneficial properties
Nazhand, Amirhossein; Lucarini, Massimo; Durazzo, Alessandra; Zaccardelli, Massimo; Cristarella, Santo; Souto, Selma B.; Silva, Amélia M.Medicinal plants, many of which are wild, have recently been under the spotlight worldwide due to growing requests for natural and sustainable eco-compatible remedies for pathological conditions with beneficial health effects that are able to support/supplement a daily diet or to support and/or replace conventional pharmacological therapy. The main requests for these products are: safety, minimum adverse unwant...
Characteristics, occurrence, detection and detoxification of aflatoxins in food...
Nazhand, Amirhossein; Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, Massimo; Souto, Eliana B.; Santini, AntonelloMycotoxin contamination continues to be a food safety concern globally, with the most toxic being aflatoxins. On-farm aflatoxins, during food transit or storage, directly or indirectly result in the contamination of foods, which affects the liver, immune system and reproduction after infiltration into human beings and animals. There are numerous reports on aflatoxins focusing on achieving appropriate methods fo...
Vitex agnus-castus L.: main features and nutraceutical perspectives
Souto, Eliana B.; Durazzo, Alessandra; Nazhand, Amirhossein; Lucarini, Massimo; Zaccardelli, Massimo; Souto, Selma B.; Silva, Amelia M.Medicinal plants are used worldwide due to their lower risk of side effects and eco-friendly, cost-effective production when compared to chemical drugs, encouraging researchers to further exploit the therapeutic potential of the former. One of the most popular medicinal plants is Vitex agnus-castus L., grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions, to which different health benefits have already been attributed. I...
The nutraceutical value of carnitine and its use in dietary supplements
Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, Massimo; Nazhand, Amirhossein; Souto, Selma B.; Silva, Amélia M.; Severino, Patrícia; Souto, Eliana B.Carnitine can be considered a conditionally essential nutrient for its importance in human physiology. This paper provides an updated picture of the main features of carnitine outlining its interest and possible use. Particular attention has been addressed to its beneficial properties, exploiting carnitine’s properties and possible use by considering the main in vitro, in animal, and human studies. Moreover, th...