Abstract This study aimed to investigate microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of dried ginger and develop a rice-based edible film incorporating extract. The optimal MAE conditions 400 W microwave power an time 1 min were determined using 3 2 full factorial design. optimized extract showed total phenolic compounds (TPC, 198.2 ± 0.7 mg gallic acid equivalent/g), antioxidant activity measured by D...

Floral constituents of the Australian tar tree, Semecarpus australiensis, distributed in Melanesia and Northern Australia, were extracted with solvent, analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The main 16- 18-carbon fatty acids their ethyl esters. Amongst 67 identified compounds, zingerone was detected minute quantity, providing chemical basis for previous observations fruit fly attrac...

Currently, there is no drug that has proven neuroprotective properties in Parkinson's disease. The best-known levodopa, which acts as inhibitors of the MAO-B and COMT enzymes involved dopamine degradation. Although levodopa "gold standard" treatment, disease progresses, most patients develop complications from therapy side effects. In this sense, combination two abundant substances phytotherapi...