Banana by-products: an under-utilized renewable food biomass with great potential

BS Padam, HS Tin, FY Chye, MI Abdullah - Journal of food science and …, 2014 - Springer
Banana (Musaceae) is one of the world's most important fruit crops that is widely cultivated
in tropical countries for its valuable applications in food industry. Its enormous by-products …

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate therapeutic potential in cancer: mechanism of action and clinical implications

M Kciuk, M Alam, N Ali, S Rashid, P Głowacka… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular signaling pathways involved in the maintenance of the equilibrium between cell
proliferation and apoptosis have emerged as rational targets that can be exploited in the …

Protective role of epigallocatechin-3-gallate in health and disease: a perspective

A Chowdhury, J Sarkar, T Chakraborti… - Biomedicine & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tea is the most popular beverages all over the world. Polyphenols are found ubiquitously in
tea leaves and their regular consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of a …

Bioactive components of tea: cancer, inflammation and behavior

EG de Mejia, MV Ramirez-Mares… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide. Several studies have
suggested that catechins and theaflavins found in tea may reduce the risk of various types of …

Utilization of banana waste as a resource material for biofuels and other value-added products

G Gupta, M Baranwal, S Saxena, MS Reddy - Biomass Conversion and …, 2023 - Springer
Banana is one of the most important food crops which is generally planted in tropical
countries and has beneficial applications in the food industry. A large amount of by-products …

The influence of beverage composition on delivery of phenolic compounds from coffee and tea

MG Ferruzzi - Physiology & behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
Epidemiological data suggest that consumption of coffee and tea is associated with a
reduced risk of several chronic and degenerative diseases including cardiovascular …

miR-138 might reverse multidrug resistance of leukemia cells

X Zhao, L Yang, J Hu, J Ruan - Leukemia research, 2010 - Elsevier
Here we firstly investigated the role of miR-138 in multidrug resistance of leukemia cells.
miR-138 was found up-regulated in the vincristine-induced multidrug resistance (MDR) …

Inhibition and induction of glutathione S-transferases by flavonoids: possible pharmacological and toxicological consequences

I Boušová, L Skálová - Drug metabolism reviews, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Many studies reviewed herein demonstrated the potency of some flavonoids to modulate the
activity and/or expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). Because GSTs play a crucial …

[PDF][PDF] (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate induces apoptosis and inhibits invasion and migration of human cervical cancer cells

C Sharma, QEA Nusri, S Begum, E Javed… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Invasion and metastasis are the major causes of cancer-related death. Pharmacological or
therapeutic interventions such as chemoprevention of the progression stages of neoplastic …

Exploring the parallel G-quadruplex nucleic acid world: a spectroscopic and computational investigation on the binding of the c-myc oncogene nhe III1 region by the …

F Greco, D Musumeci, N Borbone, AP Falanga… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Trans-polydatin (tPD), the 3-β-D-glucoside of the well-known nutraceutical trans-resveratrol,
is a natural polyphenol with documented anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective …