Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of chitosan-sugar complex from six types of sugar (glucose, fructose, lactose, arabinose, maltose, and galactose) were investigated. Antioxidant properties were measured by the DPPH test and a measurement of reducing power. These two methods showed the same profile of antioxidant activity. All chitosan-sugar complexes demonstrated better antioxidant acti...

Armenian flora is stood out by the variety of its medicinal and edible plants. Here small plants as well trees shrubs are met. Cotinus coggygria used in folk medicine. The aim this investigation was to determine chemical composition flora’s smoke leaves’ essential oil antiradical activity ethanol extract leaves branches tree. Methods: aerial parts were extracted hydrodistillation method, analyz...

Pollen grains, honey, and lactic acid bacteria are combined to make bee bread, which serves as the hive's primary source of nutrition. This study evaluated a Turkish bread concerning total phenolic content, antiradical, antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella Typhimurium. The Folin-Ciocalteu method was applied determine content...

The contents of phenolic compounds and radical scavenging activities were assessed in a carrot collection comprising 35 cultivars, landraces and breeding populations. The accessions originated from various world regions and they represented Eastern and Western carrot gene pools. In two-year field trial carrot roots of orange, red, yellow, white and purple color were cultivated, freeze-dried and...

Pterospartum tridentatum and Mentha pulegium are largely used in Portuguese folk medicine to treat several human disorders and inflammatory processes but without any consistent evidence for those beneficial pointed properties. Thus, the aim of the current work is to evaluate its benefits and phytochemicals related to those beneficial properties. A distinct polyphenol profile between P. tridenta...