Co-products from the juice processing of guava (CG), mango (CM) and barbados cherry (CB) were investigated with a view to their exploitation as a potential source of natural antioxidants. The ethanolic extracts were analyzed for total extractable phenolic content (TEP), DPPH radical scavenging activity (RSA-DPPH), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and antioxidant activity in relation to ...

Pneumonia is a disease that frequently infects toddlers. cases in 2021 caused 9.4% of deaths children aged 12-59 months. The effectiveness pneumonia treatment decreasing due to the increase Streptococcus pneumoniae ’s resistance antibiotics. application natural plant extracts such as binahong ( Anredera cordifolia ) leaf extract chosen an alternative pneumonia. purpose this study was disclose a...

This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in-vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Teucrium orientale subsp. taylori. The GC and GC–MS analysis of the essential oil resulted in determination of 40 components representing 96.4% of the oil. The major constituents of the oil were linalool (28.6%), caryophyllene oxide (15.6%), 1,8-cineol (4....

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic disease with growing prevalence worldwide. In addition to the conventional therapy, many T2D patients use phytotherapeutic preparations. present study, chemical composition, antioxidant, and α-glucosidase inhibiting activity of traditional antidiabetics from Croatian ethnomedicine (Achillea millefolium, Artemisia absinthium, Centaurium erythraea, Morusalba, Ph...

2-Oxo-carotenoids, 2-Hydroxy-carotenoids, [uC]/?-Carotene, Metabolism, Stick Insects The carotenoids of the stick insect, Ectatosoma tiaratum, were studied by spectroscopic and chemical methods. The /?,/?-type pigments are /?,/?-carotene, /?,/?-caroten-2-one, /?,/?-caroten-2-ol, /?,/?-carotene-2,2'-dione, 2'-hydroxy-/?,/?-caroten-2-one, ß,^-carotene-2,2'-diol, 3,4-didehydro-/?,/?carotene-2,2'-d...

Hypericum androsaemum, also known as Tutsan, is a small evergreen shrub common in the Mediterranean basin where it is traditionally used as diuretic and hepatoprotective herbal drug. This plant possesses the peculiarity to produce fleshy and berry-like fruits that ripen from red to shiny black. In the present work, the chemical constituents of methanolic extracts and infusions of red and black ...

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the possible estrogenic activity of some ingredients of Nigella sativa including Linoleic acid and Gama-Linolenic acid by vaginal cornification assay. METHODS Forty ovariectomized (OVX) rats, aged 16 weeks were allotted randomly to five groups: negative control (taking 1 ml olive oil/ day); positive control (taking 0.2 mg/kg/day Conjucated Equine Estrogen-...