Trends in chitosan as a primary biopolymer for functional films and coatings manufacture for food and natural products

E Díaz-Montes, R Castro-Muñoz - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some of the current challenges faced by the food industry deal with the natural ripening
process and the short shelf-life of fresh and minimally processed products. The loss of …

Nutraceutical and antimicrobial potentials of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean): A review

EL Udeh, MA Nyila, SA Kanu - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.)[BGN] is an easy-to-cultivate vegetable
crop neglected over the past years. It is a drought-tolerant crop with nutritional and medicinal …

meta-Topolin induced in vitro regeneration and metabolic profiling in Allamanda cathartica L.

MN Khanam, SB Javed, M Anis, AA Alatar - Industrial crops and products, 2020 - Elsevier
An efficient micropropagation protocol has been optimized through nodal explant in
Allamanda cathartica, a potential woody climber using a new aromatic cytokinin, meta …

[PDF][PDF] Ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants used in Kakamega County, Western Kenya

E Odongo, N Mungai, P Mutai, E Karumi… - Applied Medical …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Aim: This study was carried out to identify the medicinal plants used by the Luhya community
in Kakamega County and promote the preservation of this traditional knowledge. Methods …

Allamanda cathartica: A Review of the Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Biotechnology

VL Petricevich, R Abarca-Vargas - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this work, we explore the current knowledge about the phytochemistry and in vitro and in
vivo evaluations of the extracts and, where appropriate, the main active components …

[HTML][HTML] Spectrochemical analysis using LIBS and ICP-OES techniques of herbal medicine (Tinnevelly Senna leaves) and its anti-cancerous/antibacterial applications

RK Aldakheel, MA Gondal, MA Almessiere… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tinnevelly senna leaves are being applied to cure many diseases especially in developing
countries and sub-Saharan region due to many bioactive compounds such as sennosides …

Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of Senna and Cassia species (Fabaceae) extracts

MNG do Nascimento, MM Martins, LCS Cunha… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In Brazilian traditional medicine, botanical species belonging to the genera Senna and
Cassia are widely used as laxative, analgesic, and antifungal agents to treat ringworm and …

Antileishmanial activity of some Brazilian plants, with particular reference to Casearia sylvestris

LMR Antinarelli, NC Pinto, E Scio… - Anais da Academia …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
As leishmanioses são um complexo de doenças causadas por protozoários Leishmania,
cujo tratamento é restrito a um número limitado de fármacos que apresentam toxicidade …

A review of the phytochemical profiling and biological activities of Hyptis Jacq.: a Brazilian native genus of Lamiaceae

MD Sedano-Partida, KP dos Santos… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Hyptis Jacq.(Lamiaceae) has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of
many diseases around the world. However, Harley and Pastore in 2012 proposed a new …

Phytochemical Investigation, Antioxidant and Antimycobacterial Activities of Schkuhria pinnata (Lam) Thell Extracts Against Mycobacterium smegmatis

P Masoko, MV Masiphephethu - Journal of Evidence-Based …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The focus of this study was to evaluate the antioxidants and antimycobacterial activities of
extracts of Schkuhria pinnata. Serial exhaustive extraction procedure was employed using …