Triacylglycerols (TAGs), as the main components of edible oils and animal fats, are responsible for nutritional value, organoleptic features technological properties foods; each lipid matrix shows a unique TAG profile which can serve fingerprint to ensure quality authenticity food products. The high complexity many foodstuffs often makes untargeted elucidation challenging task; thus, more effic...

Abstract The increasing interest in healthy and natural foods has raised the attention towards uncommon or unexplored ingredients, such as edible flowers. These products are proven to be a rich source of bioactive compounds, for example, vitamins polyphenols that play an important role health promotion disease prevention. However, plant species with flowers numerous most them still need studied...

* Author for correspondence and reprint requests Z. Naturforsch. 54c, 698-703 (1999); received November 17, 1998/March 20. 1999 a-Tocopherol, Photosynthesis, Drought, Rosmarinus officinalis, Melissa officinalis Summer diurnal variations of photosynthesis and a-tocopherol content were measured in relation to natural drought in field-grown rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) and lemon balm (Meli...

In this study, Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil and three of its main components 1,8-cineole (27.23%), α-pinene (19.43%) and β-pinene (6.71%) were evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activities and toxicology properties. R. officinalis L. essential oil possessed similar antibacterial activities to α-pinene, and a little bit better than β-pinene, while 1,8-cineole possessed the low...