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Phytochemical diversity and biological activities of Hypericum japonicum and Hy...
Barciela, Paula; Rodrigues, Daniele B.; Perez-Vazquez, Ana; Silveira, Tayse F.F. da; Pires, Tânia C.S.P.; Mandim, Filipa; Carpena, Maria; Pereira, CarlaThis study characterizes two species of the genus Hypericum to envisage their applicability as effective and versatile functional foods, dietary supplements, and food preservatives. A wide phenolic composition was found in both extracts, highlighting flanovoids for H. japonicum and xanthones for H. sampsonii. Moreover, anthocya- nins were analyzed for the first time in the latter plant. Antioxidant capacity was...
Supercritical fluid extraction of polyphenols from almond oil industry by-produ...
Spréa, Rafael Mascoloti; Rodrigues, Daniele B.; Brassesco, María E.; Pintado, Manuela; Santoyo, Susana; Arranz, Elena; Prieto, Miguel A.Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) has emerged as an advanced green technology for the recovery of bioactive compounds, offering enhanced extraction efficiency while eliminating the need for toxic organic solvents. In this context, industrial residues from almond oil production were subjected to CO? SFE by ISANATUR (Navarra, Spain), a company specializing in by- product valorization. Specifically, almond pres...
Phytosome-based nanocarriers enhanced with seaweed extracts: Overcoming the blo...
Portela, Mariana; Silva, Aurora; Carpena, Maria; Grosso, Clara; Barroso, Maria Fátima; Oliveira, Ana Isabel; Martins, Claudia; Ribeiro, CristinaNeurodegenerative diseases impact millions of people globally and are emerging as an imminent challenge due to the rapid aging of the population. The current treatments only focus on relieving their symptoms, so it is necessary to adopt innovative strategies. However, delivering pharmacological agents directly into the brain is difficult because of the presence of the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB). To overcome this...
Exploring the potential of invasive species Sargassum muticum: microwave-assist...
Silva, Aurora; Cassani, Lucia; Carpena, Maria; Lourenço-Lopes, Catarina; Grosso, Clara; Chamorro, Franklin; García-Pérez, Pascual; Carvalho, AnaSargassum muticum (SM) poses a serious environmental issue since it is a fast-expanding invasive species occupying key areas of the European shoreline, disrupting the autochthonous algae species, and disturbing the ecosystem. This problem has concerned the general population and the scientific community. Nevertheless, as macroalgae are recognized as a source of bioactive molecules, the abundance of SM presents ...
Lemna minor: unlocking the value of this duckweed for the food and feed industry
Sosa, Diana; Alves, Felipe M.; Prieto, Miguel A.; Pedrosa, Mariana C.; Heleno, Sandrina A.; Barros, Lillian; Feliciano, Manuel; Carocho, MárcioDuckweed (Lemna minor L.) is a small floating aquatic plant that has an important economic impact in several industrial areas. With its high biomass production, reasonable protein content, and resilience to several climates, it has been attracting increasing interest for potential use in animal and human food systems. Historically consumed in southwest Asia, this duckweed is now gaining attention as a potential...
Emerging technological advances in improving the safety of muscle foods: framin...
Hassoun, Abdo; Siddiqui, Shahida Anusha; Smaoui, Slim; Ucak, İ̇lknur; Arshad, Rai Naveed; Bhat, Zuhaib F.; Bhat, Hina F.; Carpena, MaríaTo address the issues related to high perishability and limited shelf life of food proteins from muscle origin, different innovative processing, and pre servation techniques, as well as analytical methodological approaches have been developed to meet environmental challenges and consumer demand for food of high quality and sustainable production supported by circular economy principles. This development has bee...
Recent advances in biological properties of brown algae-derived compounds for n...
Silva, Aurora; Cassani, Lucia; Grosso, Clara; Garcia-Oliveira, Paula; Morais, Stephanie; Echave, Javier; Carpena, Maria; Xiao, JianboThe increasing demand for nutraceuticals in the circular economy era has driven the research toward studying bioactive compounds from renewable underexploited resources. In this regard, the exploration of brown algae has shown significant growth and maintains a great promise for the future. One possible explanation could be that brown algae are rich sources of nutritional compounds (polyunsaturated fatty acids,...
Pigment Composition of Nine Brown Algae from the Iberian Northwestern Coastline...
Garcia-Perez, Pascual; Lourenço-Lopes, Catarina; Silva, Aurora; Pereira, Antia G.; Fraga-Corral, Maria; Zhao, Chao; Xiao, Jianbo; Simal-Gandara, JesusBrown algae are ubiquitously distributed in the NW coastline of the Iberian Peninsula, where they stand as an underexploited resource. In this study, five solvents were applied to the extraction of pigments from nine brown algae, followed by their determination and quantification by HPLC-DAD. A total of 13 compounds were detected: Six were identified as chlorophylls, six were classified as xanthophylls, and one...
Fucoxanthin’s Optimization from Undaria pinnatifida Using Conventional Heat Ext...
Lourenço-Lopes, Catarina; Fraga-Corral, Maria; Soria-Lopez, Anton; Nuñes-Estevez, Bernabe; Barral-Martinez, Marta; Silva, Aurora; Li, NingyangBrown macroalgae are a potential source of natural pigments. Among them, Undaria pinnatifida is recognized for its high concentration of fucoxanthin (Fx), which is a pigment with a wide range of bioactivities. In this study, three independent parameters were optimized for conventional heat extraction (CHE) to maximize the recovery of Fx from Undaria pinnatifida. Optimal conditions (temperature = 45 °C, solvent ...
Seafood Processing, Preservation, and Analytical Techniques in the Age of Indus...
Hassoun, Abdo; Siddiqui, Shahida Anusha; Smaoui, Slim; Ucak, İlknur; Arshad, Rai Naveed; García-Oliveira, Paula; Prieto, Miguel A.Fish and other seafood products are essential dietary components that are highly appre ciated and consumed worldwide. However, the high perishability of these products has driven the development of a wide range of processing, preservation, and analytical techniques. This de velopment has been accelerated in recent years with the advent of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) technologies, digitally t...