Antioxidants and antioxidant methods: An updated overview

İ Gulcin - Archives of toxicology, 2020 - Springer
Antioxidants had a growing interest owing to their protective roles in food and
pharmaceutical products against oxidative deterioration and in the body and against …

Biodegradable green packaging with antimicrobial functions based on the bioactive compounds from tropical plants and their by-products

S Jafarzadeh, SM Jafari, A Salehabadi… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Biodegradable packaging from natural biopolymers can be further enhanced
with antimicrobial and antioxidant agents to form active packaging. Scope and approach …

Pharmacological properties and molecular mechanisms of thymol: prospects for its therapeutic potential and pharmaceutical development

MF Nagoor Meeran, H Javed, H Al Taee… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Thymol, chemically known as 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol is a colorless crystalline
monoterpene phenol. It is one of the most important dietary constituents in thyme species …

Antioxidant activity of food constituents: an overview

I Gülcin - Archives of toxicology, 2012 - Springer
Recently, there has been growing interest in research into the role of plant-derived
antioxidants in food and human health. The beneficial influence of many foodstuffs and …

Cytotoxicity screening of Thymus vulgaris L. essential oil in brine shrimp nauplii and cancer cell lines

H Niksic, F Becic, E Koric, I Gusic, E Omeragic… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Among natural products, essential oils from aromatic plants have been reported to possess
potent anticancer properties. In this work, we aimed to perform the cytotoxic concentration …

Chemistry of essential oils and factors influencing their constituents

M Moghaddam, L Mehdizadeh - Soft chemistry and food fermentation, 2017 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants are the most popular forms of traditional plants used to maintain health, as
well as prevent or treat physical and mental disorders. Chemical compounds of plants are …

The bioactivity and toxicological actions of carvacrol

ZE Suntres, J Coccimiglio, M Alipour - Critical reviews in food …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Carvacrol is a monoterpenic phenol produced by an abundant number of aromatic plants,
including thyme and oregano. Presently, carvacrol is used in low concentrations as a food …

Antioxidant activity of eugenol: A structure–activity relationship study

İ Gülçin - Journal of medicinal food, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Eugenol (4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol), a major phenolic component from clove oil
(Eugenia caryophyllata), has several biological activities. To estimate the capacity of …

Recent advances in biologically active compounds in herbs and spices: a review of the most effective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory active principles

L Rubió, MJ Motilva, MP Romero - Critical reviews in food science …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Spices, like vegetables, fruit, and medicinal herbs, are known to possess a variety of
antioxidant effects and other biological activities. Phenolic compounds in these plant …

Monoterpenes with analgesic activity—a systematic review

AG Guimarães, JSS Quintans… - Phytotherapy …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There is still the need for efficacious therapies for pain. In the search for new therapeutic
options, plants are a major source of novel biomolecules. Monoterpenes constitute 90% of …