Seaweed Phenolics: From Extraction to Applications

Phenolics: From Chemistry to Biology

In recent years, few classes of natural products have received as much attention as phenolics and polyphenols. This special issue of Molecules, “Phenolics and Polyphenolics”, is a remarkable confirmation of this trend. Several aspects related to phenolics chemistry, comprising the several classes, will be discussed. In addition, the increasing interest in phenolics’ biological activities is cov...

Phenolics in Foods: Extraction, Analysis and Measurements

The increasing consumers demands to acquire healthier fruits and vegetables as well as the urgency in looking to natural compounds with antioxidant activity and enhanced antimicrobial activity against antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacterial strains have encouraged a quick expansion of research studies about enhanced phenolic extraction and identification methods. Considering the importance of...

Optical Elastography: From Theory to Clinical Applications

Phenolics from Brazilian Propolis

Propolis, or bee glue, is a complex resinous mix­ ture of plant-derived products collected and used by bees as a general purpose sealer and antibiotic in their hives. It is reported to exhibit a broad spectrum of biological activities, including antibac­ terial, antiviral, antiinflammatory, cytotoxic etc. (Marcucci, 1995). It is widely used in folk medicine and also as an ingredient in “herbal”...

Cholera from raw seaweed transported from the Philippines to California.

In March 1994, a California woman without any recent travel developed acute, profuse, watery diarrhea. Her astute physician diagnosed cholera after ordering the appropriate stool culture, and the patient improved on an oral antibiotic. Epidemiologic investigation implicated seaweed from the Philippines that was transported by a friend to California and subsequently eaten raw as the vehicle of i...