Maslinic acid is a pentacyclic triterpene found in plants used in traditional medicine with antidiabetic, antitumor, antioxidant and parasitostatic activities. A diet rich in foods of plant origin could provide a regular supply of this bioactive compound since it has been detected in olives, spinaches, eggplants, chickpeas and pomegranates. The multiple biological effects elicited by maslinic a...

Eggplant (also known as aubergine) by-products, which consist mostly of peel and calyx, are generated in substantial amounts by industrial food processing sections usually discarded waste without further utilization. However, studies have demonstrated that these by-products superb sources bioactive compounds. Therefore, the disposal eggplant not only gives rise to environmental economic consequ...

Lithium was investigated for its possible use as a marker for identifying the various sources of NaCl in the diet. Micromolar concentrations of lithium can be detected in various vegetables, tap water and also in urine specimens of adult volunteers. The lithium content of vegetables varied from 6.1 to 24.5 mumol of lithium/kg dry weight, with the exception of spinach and aubergines which had mu...

1. Non-haem iron absorption from a variety of vegetable meals was studied in parous Indian Women, using the erythrocyte utilization of radioactive Fe method. 2. The studies were undertaken to establish whether Fe absorption could be correlated with the chemical composition of the foodstuff. 3. Addition of the following organic acids commonly found in vegetables, improved the geometric mean Fe a...

Piwi proteins such as Drosophila Aubergine (Aub) and mouse Miwi are essential for germline development and for primordial germ cell (PGC) specification. They bind piRNAs and contain symmetrically dimethylated arginines (sDMAs), catalyzed by dPRMT5. PGC specification in Drosophila requires maternal inheritance of cytoplasmic factors, including Aub, dPRMT5, and Tudor (Tud), that are concentrated ...

The Solanaceae family includes brinjal (Solanum melongena L.), often known as eggplant, aubergine, garden egg, baingan, vankai, etc. It is one of the most significant main vegetables that widely grown in tropical and temperate regions world (during summer). India regarded origin diversification center for brinjal. Individually, leaves seeds are also used stimulants necrotics. commercial vegetab...