Design of Experiments for Optimizing Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Plant-Based Sources

LM Anaya-Esparza, EF Aurora-Vigo, Z Villagrán… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant-based materials are an important source of bioactive compounds (BC) with interesting
industrial applications. Therefore, adequate experimental strategies for maximizing their …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant capacity and antibacterial activity from Annona cherimola phytochemicals by ultrasound-assisted extraction and its comparison to conventional …

R Aguilar-Villalva, GA Molina… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the food, pharmacy, and cosmetic industries have focused on the search of
natural compounds with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties; commonly, these …

Extraction of Acetogenins Using Thermosonication-Assisted Extraction from Annona muricata Seeds and Their Antifungal Activity

BA López-Romero, G Luna-Bárcenas… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this work was to find the optimal conditions by thermosonication-assisted
extraction (TSAE) of the total acetogenin content (TAC) and yield from A. muricata seeds …

Annona muricata Leaves as a Source of Bioactive Compounds: Extraction and Quantification Using Ultrasound

Y Nolasco-González, MA Chacón-López… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, the ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE)(operating conditions of sonication
amplitude, pulse-cycle, and extraction time) was investigated to obtain an extract rich in …

Antibacterial Activity of Crude Extract and Purified Acetogenins from Annona muricata Seeds

G Aguilar-Hernández, BA López-Romero… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, several biological activities are attributed to the acetogenins (ACGs) of
Annonaceae (including Annona muricata); among these is antimicrobial activity. The main …

Critical variables influencing the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds—a review

A Carreira-Casais, M Carpena, AG Pereira… - Chemistry …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) is a novel methodology, belonging to the so-called
“Green Chemistry”, which has gained interest in recent years due to the potential to recover …

Extraction of Alkaloids Using Ultrasound from Pulp and By-Products of Soursop Fruit (Annona muricata L.)

G Aguilar-Hernández, LG Zepeda-Vallejo… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Ultrasound assisted extraction (UEA) is a methodology considered
ecological and low cost. The optimization of the UAE conditions to extract bioactive …

Polyethylene glycol/soy lecithin-nanosuspensions as carriers of acetogenins: Optimization, characterization, antibacterial and hemolytic activity

E Montalvo-González, G Tellez-Isaias… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Acetogenins (ACGs) are bioactive compounds with high lipophilicity, which limits their
pharmaceutical applications. An alternative to increase ACGs solubility is preparing them …

Enhanced solubility and antitumor activity of annona squamosa seed oil via nanoparticles stabilized with TPGS: preparation and in vitro and in vivo evaluation

H Ao, L Lu, M Li, M Han, Y Guo, X Wang - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Annona squamosa seed oil (ASSO), which is a waste product in the extraction of
annonaceous acetogenins (ACGs), displays good antitumor activity against a variety of …

Evaluation of the Biological Properties of an Optimized Extract of Polygonum cuspidatum Using Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction

G Fletes-Vargas, R Rodríguez-Rodríguez, N Pacheco… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phytochemicals are natural compounds found in plants that have potential health benefits
such as antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, and immune …