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Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) as a nutraceutical: Focus on the metabolic,...
Pagano, Ester; Souto, Eliana B.; Durazzo, Alessandra; Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Lucarini, Massimo; Souto, Selma E.; Salehi, Bahare; Zam, WissamGinger (from the rizhome of Zingiber officinale Roscoe) has been widely used in ethnomedicine for the cure of several ailments. Main active ingredients include phenolic compounds named gingerols. In modern phytotherapy, ginger preparations are predominantly used to counteract nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. However, a number of other pharmacological actions of potential therapeutic interest, which might ...
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 ...
Kaempferol: a key emphasis to its anticancer potential
Imran, Muhammad; Salehi, Bahare; Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Gondal, Tanweer; Saeed, Farhan; Imran, Ali; Shahbaz, Muhammad; Fokou, Patrick; Khan, HaroonA marked decrease in human cancers, including breast cancer, bone cancer, and cervical cancer, has been linked to the consumption of vegetable and fruit, and the corresponding chemoprotective e ect has been associated with the presence of several active molecules, such as kaempferol. Kaempferol is a major flavonoid aglycone found in many natural products, such as beans, bee pollen, broccoli, cabbage, capers, ca...
The Therapeutic Potential of Apigenin
Salehi, Bahare; Venditti, Alessandro; Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi; Kręgiel, Dorota; Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, MassimoSeveral plant bioactive compounds have exhibited functional activities that suggest they could play a remarkable role in preventing a wide range of chronic diseases. The largest group of naturally-occurring polyphenols are the flavonoids, including apigenin. The present work is an updated overview of apigenin, focusing on its health-promoting effects/therapeutic functions and, in particular, results of in vivo ...
The therapeutic potential of apigenin
Salehi, Bahare; Venditti, Alessandro; Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi; Kregiel, Dorota; Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, MassimoSeveral plant bioactive compounds have exhibited functional activities that suggest they could play a remarkable role in preventing a wide range of chronic diseases. The largest group of naturally-occurring polyphenols are the flavonoids, including apigenin. The present work is an updated overview of apigenin, focusing on its health-promoting effects/therapeutic functions and, in particular, results of in vivo ...