Strategies to improve the potential functionality of fruit-based fermented beverages

AL Keșa, CR Pop, E Mudura, LC Salanță… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
It is only recently that fermentation has been facing a dynamic revival in the food industry.
Fermented fruit-based beverages are among the most ancient products consumed …

Bioactive Components of Areca Nut: An Overview of Their Positive Impacts Targeting Different Organs

H Sun, W Yu, H Li, X Hu, X Wang - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Areca catechu L. is a widely cultivated tropical crop in Southeast Asia, and its fruit, areca nut,
has been consumed as a traditional Chinese medicinal material for more than 10,000 years …

Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome provides insights into the mechanisms of flavonoid biosynthesis in blackberry

Y Wu, C Zhang, Z Huang, L Lyu, W Li, W Wu - Food Research International, 2022 - Elsevier
Blackberry fruit is rich in anthocyanins, showing incomparable nutritional and health value.
Anthocyanins are flavonoids that are downstream products of the flavonoid biosynthesis …

The Antioxidant Activities In Vitro and In Vivo and Extraction Conditions Optimization of Defatted Walnut Kernel Extract

X Zhou, X Gong, X Li, N An, J He, X Zhou, C Zhao - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to determine the antioxidant activities of defatted walnut
kernel extract (DWE) and whole walnut kernel extract (WE) in vitro and in vivo. Three …

Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Diabetic Activities of Tectona grandis Methanolic Extracts, Fractions, and Isolated Compounds

M Han, F Yang, K Zhang, J Ni, X Zhao, X Chen… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tectona grandis is a traditional Dai medicine plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family, which
can be used to treat malaria, inflammation, diabetes, liver disease, bronchitis, tumors …

Physiological and metabolomic analyses reveal the effects of different NH4+: NO3− ratios on blackberry fruit quality

Z Wei, H Yang, Y Duan, W Wu, L Lyu, W Li - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Blackberries are important economic fruits, and they not only have a distinctive flavor but are
also rich in nutritional and medicinal value. With the aim of elucidating the effects of different …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-derived and dietary phenolic cinnamic acid derivatives: Anti-inflammatory properties

M Freitas, D Ribeiro, JS Janela, CL Varela, SC Costa… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Cinnamic acids are aromatic acids primarily found in plants and plant-derived food. Phenolic
cinnamic acids, with one or more hydroxyl groups in the aromatic ring, often contribute to the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of physicochemical properties, antioxidant capacity, and volatile flavor compounds during the wine fermentation of Mei (Prunus mume) fruit

X Sui, Z Zhu, F Cheng, Y Sun, X Jiang - LWT, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, Prunus mume (Mei) wine was produced from the fruits of a new variety Mei
'Laizhou Mixing'. The optimum process parameters (OPPs) of Mei wine (MW) fermentation …

Red-Fleshed Apple Flavonoids Extract Alleviates Male Reproductive Injury Caused by Busulfan in Mice

B Wang, Y Wang, Y Chen, X Sun, J Xu, J Zhu, Y Zhang - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this research, we analyzed the protective effects of red-fleshed apple flavonoid extracts
(RAFEs) on male reproductive injury induced by busulfan, using both in vitro and in vivo …

Inactivation of Salmonella typhimurium SL1344 by Chlorogenic Acid and the Impairment of Cellular Integrity

L Yang, C Zhang, Z Su, L Zhao, J Wu, X Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is an antibacterial agent that can be isolated from Eucommia
ulmoides Oliver, a Chinese medicinal and edible plant food. The inhibitory effect of CGA on …