The marine environment represents an underexploited resource for the discovery of novel
products, despite its high level of biological and chemical diversity. With increasing …

Background Galls have specialized tissues for the protection and nutrition of the inducers,
and these tissues have been studied from the developmental and histochemical …

Inside the human body, reactive derivatives of oxygen, known as reactive oxygen species
(ROS) such as the superoxide radical (O 2 radical dot), hydroxyl radical (radical dotOH) and …

Iron chelating activity, phenol and flavonoid content of some medicinal plants from Iran
Page 1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 7 (18), pp. 3188-3192, 17 September, 2008 …

Some halophyte plants are currently used in gourmet cuisine due to their unique
organoleptic properties. Moreover, they exhibit excellent nutritional and functional …

Total chlorophyll (T-Chl), total carotenoids (TCAR) and total phenolics (TPc) compounds
were quantified in the biomasses of Ulva latutus grown either in normal (NSW) or artificial …

Botryococcus braunii is a green colonial microalga that is used mainly for the production of
hydrocarbons, exopolysaccharides, and carotenoids. In the present study, the antioxidant …

Background Halophytes are considered as valuable sources of traditional drugs in different
countries. Purpose The present study aimed to evaluate biological and chemical fingerprints …

The variation of the lipophilic (carotenoids and α-tocopherol) and hydrophilic (glutathione
and ascorbic acid) antioxidant contents, and the activities of antioxidant enzyme such …

Microalgae have been widely used as novel sources of bioactive substances. Along with this
trend, the possibility of replacing synthetic preservatives with natural ones is receiving much …