Nutrient composition, functional activity and industrial applications of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)

G Ren, C Teng, X Fan, S Guo, G Zhao, L Zhang… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Quinoa is one of the gluten-free crops that has attracted considerable interest. Quinoa
contains functional ingredients such as bioactive peptides, polysaccharides, saponins …

Ethnobotanical, pharmacological, phytochemical, and clinical investigations on Moroccan medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of renal dysfunctions

B Noureddine, E Mostafa, SC Mandal - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Renal disease is a significant public health concern that
affects people all over the world. The main limitations of conventional therapy are the …

Inventory of medicinal plants used traditionally to manage kidney diseases in north-eastern Morocco: Ethnobotanical fieldwork and pharmacological evidence

N Bencheikh, A Elbouzidi, L Kharchoufa, H Ouassou… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Kidney disease is one of the most common health problems and kidney failure can be fatal.
It is one of the health disorders associated with extreme pain and discomfort in patients. In …

Does saponin in quinoa really embody the source of its bitterness?

LM Song, Y Yu, LD Du, XY Ji, H Gao, YQ Cai, CJ Li… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
While it is widely reported that saponins are the main source of the bitter taste in quinoa, this
work found that some saponin compounds in quinoa husks elicit an umami response. The …

Health benefits of saponins and its mechanisms: perspectives from absorption, metabolism, and interaction with gut

Y Zhang, R Hao, J Chen, S Li, K Huang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Saponins, consisting of sapogenins as their aglycones and carbohydrate chains, are widely
found in plants and some marine organisms. Due to the complexity of the structure of …

The effects of diosgenin on hypolipidemia and its underlying mechanism: a review

F Sun, X Yang, C Ma, S Zhang, L Yu, H Lu… - Diabetes, Metabolic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hyperlipidemia is a disorder of lipid metabolism, which is a major cause of coronary heart
disease. Although there has been considerable progress in hyperlipidemia treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Diosgenin: Chemistry, extraction, quantification and health benefits

P Arya, M Munshi, P Kumar - Food Chemistry Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of natural bioactive compounds is increasingly involved with pharmaceutical
industries' exploring more source matrices. Diosgenin is a lot of delved bioactive compound …

[HTML][HTML] Several natural phytochemicals from Chinese traditional fermented food-pickled Raphanus sativus L.: Purification and characterization

Y Hu, X Liu, X Wu, Z Zhang, D Wu, C Chen, W Su… - Food Chemistry: X, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to isolate and identify the bioactive compounds from 5-year pickled
radish. The pickled radish was extracted with methanol or ethyl acetate. Sephadex LH-20 …

Screening of Anti-Lipase Components of Artemisia argyi Leaves Based on Spectrum-Effect Relationships and HPLC-MS/MS

Y Chang, D Zhang, G Yang, Y Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic lipase is a key lipase for triacylglyceride digestion and absorption, which is
recognized as a promising target for treatment of metabolic disorders. Natural …

[PDF][PDF] Diosgenin and its analogs: Potential protective agents against atherosclerosis

D Wang, X Wang - Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the artery wall associated with lipid
metabolism imbalance and maladaptive immune response, which mediates most …