A5061764986- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Pomegranate: compositions and health benefits
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Advanced Glycation End Products research
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Skin Protection and Aging
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Proteins in Food Systems
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Tea Polyphenols and Effects
- Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Food composition and properties
- Phytoestrogen effects and research
- Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
- Enzyme Production and Characterization
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
Federico II University Hospital
2016-2020
University of Naples Federico II
2014-2020
University of Milan
2019
Plant extracts are rich in bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, sesquiterpenes, and triterpenes, which potentially have antiviral activities. As a consequence of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, thousands scientists been working tirelessly trying to understand biology this new virus pathophysiology, with main goal discovering effective preventive treatments therapeutic agents. Plant-derived secondary...
Thermal processing and Maillard reaction (MR) affect the nutritional sensorial qualities of milk. In this paper an olive mill wastewater phenolic powder (OMW) was tested as a functional ingredient for inhibiting MR development in ultrahigh-temperature (UHT)-treated OMW added to milk at 0.1 0.05% w/v before UHT treatment, concentration products monitored verify effect phenols controlling MR. Results revealed that is able trap reactive carbonyl species such hydroxycarbonyls dicarbonyls, which...
Obesity is an urgent social problem and new functional foods providing polyphenols dietary fibers (DF) may be promising tools to modulate oxidative stress, inflammation energy homeostasis. Pomegranate peels (PPe) are agro-industrial by-product containing such as ellagitannins (ETs), gallic acid (GA), ellagic (EA) its derivatives (EAs), well DF. In this study, PPe enriched cookies (PPeC) were developed, the bioaccessibility ability of their exert antioxidant activity along Gastro-intestinal...
Human galectin-3 (Gal-3), a β-galactoside binding lectin through its Carbohydrate Recognition Domain (CRD), is implicated in wide range of cellular functions and involved critical biological processes including pathogen recognition, immune response, inflammation fibrosis. Recently, Gal-3 has gained increasing attention for role pathological conditions such as cancer, where it influences cancer growth progression, inflammatory oxidative stress, opening the search potential inhibitors. In this...
Abstract BACKGROUND Since processing technology and storage may influence the sensory nutritional value as well shelf life of pomegranate juice (PJ), mild technologies based on microfiltration be a promising alternative to heat treatments for fruit preservation. In this study, physicochemical microbiological properties raw (RPJ), microfiltered (MPJ) cloudy pasteurized (PPJ) PJ were compared over period 4 weeks. RESULTS Data demonstrated that was comparable pasteurization in guaranteeing...
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in utilizing Traditional Chinese Medicine principles and natural bioactive compounds to combat age-related ailments enhance longevity. A Cordyceps sinensis mycelium hydroethanolic extract (CsEx), which was standardized cordycepin adenosine using UHPLC-DAD, investigated for its adaptogenic properties vitro assays a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 40 subjects. The CsEx demonstrated activity at concentration of...
Oxidative stress plays a major role in the skin aging process through reactive oxygen species production and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) formation. Antioxidant ingredients are therefore needed care market use of molecules coming from plant cell cultures provide unique opportunity. In this paper, features an hydroethanolic extract obtained by Jasminum sambac cells (JasHEx) were explored. The antioxidant anti-AGE properties investigated multidisciplinary approach combining mass...
Abstract Plant extracts are rich in bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, sesquiterpenes and triterpenes, with potential antiviral activities. As the dramatic outbreak of pandemic COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, thousands scientists working tirelessly trying to understand biology this new virus disease pathophysiology, main goal discover effective preventive treatments therapeutic agents. Plant-derived secondary metabolites may play key roles preventing counteracting rapid spread...
Consumer demand has been increasing and many vegetable farmers have oriented their production plans towards baby leaf vegetables such as lettuce. The management of the nutrient solution well growing conditions could significantly affect yield quality leafy crops. aim present work was to determine effects level salinity in (1, 10 or 20 mM NaCl) during two consecutive seasons (spring autumn) on Lactuca sativa L. var. acephala grown floating raft culture. Increased decreased marketable dry...
The aim of this PhD project was the valorization by-products from some mediterranean plant foods through their re-utilization in new functional and ingredients having ability to modulate oxidative processes nutrient metabolism gastrointestinal tract (GiT). Obesity is an urgent social problem able stress energy homeostasis are promising tools control inflammatory status body weight. Several evidence shows that polyphenols (PPs) dietary fiber (DF) may intake appetite humans several mechanisms....