[HTML][HTML] A critical look at challenges and future scopes of bioactive compounds and their incorporations in the food, energy, and pharmaceutical sector

S Pai, A Hebbar, S Selvaraj - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Bioactive compounds refer to secondary metabolites extracted from plants, fungi, microbes,
or animals. Besides having pharmacological or toxicological effects on organisms leading to …

[HTML][HTML] An Update on Recent Studies Focusing on the Antioxidant Properties of Salvia Species

D Iacopetta, J Ceramella, D Scumaci, A Catalano… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nutrition has crucial effects and a significant role in disease prevention. Recently,
nutraceuticals have attracted much attention in scientific research due to their pleiotropic …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (vinyl alcohol)/plant extracts films: preparation, surface characterization and antibacterial studies against gram positive and gram negative bacteria

M Barbălată-Mândru, D Serbezeanu, M Butnaru… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we aim to obtain biomaterials with antibacterial properties by combining poly
(vinyl alcohol) with the extracts obtained from various selected plants from Romania. Natural …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan membranes containing plant extracts: Preparation, characterization and antimicrobial properties

LM Gradinaru, M Barbalata-Mandru… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main strategy of this study was to combine the traditional perspective of using medicinal
extracts with polymeric scaffolds manufactured by an engineering approach to fabricate a …

[HTML][HTML] Echinacea purpurea Fractions Represent Promising Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Formulations

SF Vieira, SM Gonçalves, VMF Gonçalves, CP Llaguno… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Echinacea purpurea is traditionally used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Therefore, we investigated the anti-inflammatory capacity of E. purpurea dichloromethanolic …

[HTML][HTML] On the Bioactivity of Echinacea purpurea Extracts to Modulate the Production of Inflammatory Mediators

SF Vieira, VMF Gonçalves, CP Llaguno… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory diseases are the focus of several clinical studies, due to limitations and serious
side effects of available therapies. Plant-based drugs (eg, salicylic acid, morphine) have …

[HTML][HTML] A study of phytochemistry, genoprotective activity, and antitumor effects of extracts of the selected Lamiaceae species

M Oalđe Pavlović, S Kolarević, J Đorđević… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study was designed to evaluate the genoprotective, antigenotoxic, as well as antitumor
potential of methanolic, ethanolic, and aqueous extracts of Melissa officinalis, Mentha× …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Stellera chamaejasme L. Roots and Aerial Parts Extracts

T Selenge, SF Vieira, O Gendaram, RL Reis… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural products, mainly plants, have a crucial role in folk medicine. Particularly, Stellera
chamaejasme L. has been traditionally used in Mongolian medicine to treat various …

[HTML][HTML] Salvia Species as Nutraceuticals: Focus on Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anti-Obesity Properties

AF Afonso, OR Pereira, SM Cardoso - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Salvia plants belong to the Lamiaceae family and are recognized as being strongly
aromatic, being widely used for different purposes in culinary or traditional medicine. These …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using extract of Rumex nepalensis for bactericidal effect against food-borne pathogens and antioxidant activity

A Geremew, L Carson, S Woldesenbet - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The evolution and incidence of multidrug-resistant food-borne pathogens still become a
critical public health global issue. To avert this challenge there is great interest in medical …