Salicornia herbacea is a halophyte indigenous to marine coastal areas and salt fields has been used as traditional remedy for diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation, indigestion. Its component isorhamnetin-3-O-glucoside (IR3G) may have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-adipogenic properties. In the present study, we aimed investigate anti-obesity effect of S. extract IR3G on mouse 3T3-L1 adi...

Glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.) is a halophyte plant known to contain high contents of minerals and phytochemicals. The purpose this study was investigate the effect fermented glasswort on gut health in D-galactose (D-gal)-induced aging rats. Forty rats were randomly divided into five groups: control (CON), D-gal alone (CD), plus fructooligosaccharide as positive (FOS, 400 mg/kg), low dose (...

INTRODUCTION Among Triskandhas (three pillars) of Ayurveda, Oushadha (medicine) plays an important role as it serves both the purposes of Ayurveda i.e. maintenance of health and treatment of disease. Classics of Ayurveda quoted plenty of drugs, some of which still not have been identified. Classical drugs are quite often substituted due to the lack of morphological descriptions. Most of these d...

This study evaluated the effects of adding glasswort hydrate containing non-meat ingredient (GM, carboxy methyl cellulose; GC, carrageenan; GI, isolated soy protein; GS, sodium caseinate) on the quality characteristics of reduced-salt, reduced-fat frankfurters. The pH and color evaluation showed significant differences, depending on the type of glasswort hydrate added (p<0.05). In the raw batte...