There is a rapidly growing body of literature covering the role of plant secondary metabolites
in food and their potential effects on human health. Furthermore, consumers are increasingly …

Free radical generation is directly related with oxidation in foods and biological systems.
Therefore, the search for methods to determine free radical scavenging is important. In this …

Livestock play an integral role in the livelihood of poor farmers by providing economic, social
and food security. Taking 2010 as the base year, the world would need 73 percent more …

Anthocyanins and betalains play important roles both in plant physiology, visual attraction
for pollinators and seed dispersers, but also in food mainly defining its aesthetic value. Since …

Consumers are increasingly avoiding foods containing synthetic colourants, which lead food
industries to replace them by natural pigments, such as carotenoids, betalains, anthocyanins …

We present the photoelectrochemical properties of dye-sensitized solar cells using natural
pigments containing betalains and anthocyanins as sensitizers. The dyes extracted from …

A new functional synbiotic drink powder based on plant by-products (grape pulp,
pomegranate and beetroot peels extracts), Lactobacillus casei, and the use of …

Phenolic compounds constitute a large and diverse group of secondary metabolites derived
from phenylalanine and tyrosine and are widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom …

Betalains are a family of natural pigments present in most plants of the order Caryophyllales.
They provide colors ranging from yellow to violet to structures that in other plants are colored …

Betalain profile and content by HPLC–TOF-MS/MS method and antioxidant capacity by four
in vitro assays in thirteen varieties and root parts of red beet were determined. Red beetroot …