Tannins are natural phenolic compounds that are widespread and almost ubiquitous in the
vegetal world. They can be found in fruit, wood and bark of trees, and many types of wild …

Tannins are polyphenols characterized by different molecular weights that plants are able to
synthetize during their secondary metabolism. Macromolecules (proteins, structural …

Ellagic acid is a common metabolite present in many medicinal plants and vegetables. It is
present either in free form or as part of more complex molecules (ellagitannins), which can …

Ellagitannins (ETs) and ellagic acid (EA) are polyphenols present in some fruits, nuts and
seeds, such as pomegranates, black raspberries, raspberries, strawberries, walnuts and …

Nuts (tree nuts and peanuts) are nutrient dense foods with complex matrices rich in
unsaturated fatty and other bioactive compounds: high-quality vegetable protein, fiber …

During recent decades, consumers have been continuously moving towards the substitution
of synthetic ingredients of the food industry by natural products, obtained from vegetal …

As a valuable tree nut, walnut is a well-known member of the Juglandaceae family. The fruit
is made up of an outer green shell cover or husk, the middle shell which must be cracked to …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as the co‐occurrence of metabolic risk factors that
includes insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes …

Human tumor necrosis factor (TNF), first isolated by our group as an anticancer agent, has
been now shown to be a primary mediator of inflammation. Till today 19 different members of …

Nuts contain a vast array of phenolic compounds having important biological properties.
They include substances allocated into the five major groups named phenolic acids …