Consumption of large amounts of coffee has been shown to decrease the incidence of type 2 diabetes. However, the specific compounds and mechanisms responsible for this effect are not known. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of a decaffeinated coffee extract and a synthetic quinide, representative of those found in roasted coffee, 3,4-diferuloyl-1,5-quinolactone, on insulin-stim...

BACKGROUND The extract of the leaves of Viscum album (mistletoe) has been used for centuries in traditional medicine in many parts of the world. However, like many medicinal plants, the belief that things of natural origin are safe may not be entirely true. The blood is a good indicator of health and pathological mirror of the entire body. OBJECTIVE Therefore, in this study, the acute effects...

Recent studies suggest that Sirt inhibition may have beneficial effects on several human diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Coffee is one of most popular beverages with several positive health effects. Therefore, in this paper, potential Sirt inhibitors were screened using coffee extract. First, HPLC was utilized to fractionate coffee extract, then screened using a Sirt1/2 ...

Nowadays, coffee beans are almost exclusively used for the preparation of the beverage. The sustainability of coffee production can be achieved introducing new applications for the valorization of coffee by-products. Coffee silverskin is the by-product generated during roasting, and because of its powerful antioxidant capacity, coffee silverskin aqueous extract (CSE) may be used for other appli...

The productivity of tropical agricultural commodities is affected by the health of the ecosystem. Shade tolerant crops such as coffee and cocoa benefit from environmental services provided by forested landscapes, enabling landscape design that meets biodiversity conservation and economic needs. What can motivate farmers to apply and maintain such landscape approaches? Rather than rely on a prol...

Cosmetics are now mandatory for most women. Various natural ingredients have been used as basic beauty treatments. This study aimed to formulate and determine the effectiveness of body scrub cream preparations containing ethanolic extract N. sativa coffee grounds antiaging. The skin antiaging was divided into five formulas: F0 (cream base), F1 (coffee ground 5%), F2 [coffee 5% + Ethanol Extract...

Abstract Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and spectrophotometric methods were used to evaluate the antioxidant capacity (AC) in strawberry orange juice, soluble coffee, rosemary extract, red wine, sparkling white wine. The AC through showed following trend solid foods, coffee > wine juice liquid samples. Charge measurements by DPV, presented equivalent units of Trolox gallic acid, same s...

In this study, we investigate the immunostimulatory effects of alcoholic extract of the coffee seed on cell-mediated immune response and cyclophosphamide-induced (CP) immunosuppressed mice. The assessment of cellular immune function was carried out by the measurement of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response. According to the literature survey, cyclophosphamide has only suppressing effect...