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The INCREASE project: intelligent collections of food-legume genetic resources ...
Bellucci, Elisa; Aguilar, Orlando Mario; Alseekh, Saleh; Bett, Kirstin; Brezeanu, Creola; Cook, Douglas; Rosa, Lucía de la; Delledonne, MassimoFood legumes are crucial for all agriculture-related societal challenges, including climate change mitigation, agrobiodiversity conservation, sustainable agriculture, food security and human health. The transition to plant-based diets, largely based on food legumes, could present major opportunities for adaptation and mitigation, generating significant co-benefits for human health. The characterization, mainten...
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...
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...
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...
Sage species case study on a spontaneous mediterranean plant to control phytopa...
Zaccardelli, Massimo; Pane, Catello; Caputo, Michele; Durazzo, Alessandra; Lucarini, Massimo; Silva, Amélia M.; Severino, Patrícia; Souto, Eliana B.Sage species belong to the family of Labiatae/Lamiaceae and are diffused worldwide. More than 900 species of sage have been identified, and many of them are used for different purposes, i.e., culinary uses, traditional medicines and natural remedies and cosmetic applications. Another use of sage is the application of non-distilled sage extracts and essential oils to control phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi, f...
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...