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{"title":"Characterization of phenolic compounds of Olea europaea L. and Ceratonia siliqua L. leaf extracts by HPLC-ESI-MS","authors":"S. Meziani, B. Dave Oomah, C. Bertrand","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666221208093036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666221208093036","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Olive (Olea europaea L.) and carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.), which contain considerable amounts of phenolic compounds, are the most important nutritional and therapeutic plants in the Mediterranean basin.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The goal of this work is to revalue carob and olive leaves as key sources of polyphenols, hence increasing the value of waste goods.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The goal of this work is to revalue carob and olive leaves as key sources of polyphenols, hence increasing the value of waste goods.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In this study, aqueous acetone or ethanol (80% v/v) extracts of olive (O. europaea L. cultivar aimel) and carob (C. siliqua L.) leaves from Algeria were evaluated for phenolic content, and the extracts were characterized by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS).\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The total phenolic content of olive and carob leaf extracts ranged from 5.6 to 23 mg GAE/g. The use of HPLC-ESI-MS to investigate phenolics revealed that the extracts included a variety of phenolic compounds, including 23 compounds in olive leaf extracts and 17 compounds in carob leaf extracts. In olive and carob, the major phenolic components are oleuropein and myricetin rhamnoside, respectively.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000According to our findings, olea europaea and Ceratonia siliqua appear to be rich suppliers of natural chemicals. These plants have a lot of potential in terms of medications and functional foods.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Olea europaea and Ceratonia siliqua appear to be rich suppliers of natural chemicals, according to our findings. This plant has a lot of potential in terms of medications and functional foods.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114582708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Safety facets and Efficacy strictures of Dhatryadi Ghrita","authors":"R. Pal, A. Mishra","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666221123100117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666221123100117","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Latest scientific techniques like heavy metal content, microbial load estimation and pesticide residues are essential for fulfilling WHO guidelines for herbal drug formulations like Ghrita.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In the present study, formulated Ghrita sample was selected for estimation of heavy metals as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), microbial load and pesticide residues.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The heavy metals, microbial load and pesticide residues study of the formulated Ghrita follow the standard parameters.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This study can be helpful for the future research regarding establishment of safety profile and therapeutic efficacy of Ghrita formulations.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125312018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Medicinal importance and pharmacological activities of sciadopitysin in the medicine: Drug target for neuroprotection, myocardial infarction, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and related complications","authors":"K. Patel, D. Patel","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666220901122326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666220901122326","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Herbal medicines have been used in the medicine over the last three decades and demand of herbal drugs has been increasing in the modern medicine due to their health beneficial aspects and pharmacological activities. Herbal medicines were mainly derived from the plants and their derived products which have significant role in the traditional and modern system of medicine. Plant based products have been used in the preparation of numerous health product including some of the modern pharmaceutical preparation. Ginkgo biloba is one of the important medicinal plants of the herbal medicine, which contain significant amount of sciadopitysin.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Biological importance and therapeutic benefit of sciadopitysin have been investigated in the present investigation through scientific data analysis of different scientific research work in order to know the therapeutic potential of sciadopitysin in the medicine. Pharmacological activities of sciadopitysin have been searched and analyzed in the present work through different literature databases. Modern analytical tools for the isolation and quantification of sciadopitysin have been also discussed in the present work to know the therapeutic value of sciadopitysin in the medicine.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Scientific data analysis of different research work revealed the biological importance and therapeutic benefit of sciadopitysin which is a biflavonoids class phytochemical found to be present in the Ginkgo biloba. Scientific data analysis of present work revealed the biological importance of sciadopitysin in the medicine for the treatments of human health complications against diabetes and its complications, osteoclastogenesis, myocardial infarction, Alzheimer’s disease, hepatic and renal toxicity, inflammatory disorders, osteoporosis, human skin disorders, lymphocyte proliferation and fungal diseases. Further scientific data analysis revealed the importance of standardization of plant materials and their derived products through sciadopitysin in the medicine.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Scientific data analysis of collected research work revealed the biological importance of sciadopitysin in the medicine for their effectiveness against human health complications.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127465028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploration and Evaluation of In-vitro Antioxidant Activity of ABANA: A Polyherbal Formulation","authors":"D. Bharati, A. Puri","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666220606155358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666220606155358","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The purpose of this study was to determine the antioxidant capacity of Abana® (a poly-ingredient formulation with natural constituents).\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Extensive ethanol extraction of polyherbal formulations was followed by fractionation into petroleum ether, chloroform, and ethyl acetate extracts. Various fractions were further analyzed using this conventional method for phytochemical composition and concentration dependent antioxidant activity. Due to the presence of phenolic compounds in the formulation, extracts were analyzed for total phenolic content, flavonoid content, and in- vitro antioxidant activity. Antioxidant capacity was determined using total reducing potential, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2-azinobis-ethyl-benzothiozoline-sulphonic acid diammonium salt (ABTS) and nitric oxide inhibition assays.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Primitive phytochemical screening revealed the presence of steroids, saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids and tannins which were confirmed using thin-layer chromatography. The antioxidant activity of Abana tablet extracts decreased in the order ethyl acetate > ethanolic > chloroform > petroleum ether comparable to that of ascorbic acid and butylated hydroxytoluene.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The current investigation suggests that the ethanolic extract and fractions of Abana polyherbal formulations exhibit significant antioxidant activity. Our results strongly imply that polyherbal compounds are a potential source of antioxidants capable of scavenging free radicals. The strong positive connection between antiradical scavenging activity and overall polyphenolic concentration in polyherbal drugs demonstrates that polyphenols are significant components capable of scavenging free radicals. Additional research is required to isolate and characterize the active moiety responsible for biological activity and treat it under various stress conditions.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121811840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An overview on biological importance, pharmacological aspects and analytical techniques of bavachin from Psoralea corylifolia Linn","authors":"D. Patel","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666220411123932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666220411123932","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Psoralea corylifolia Linn belongs to Leguminosae family is commonly known as ‘Bakuchi’ in Ayurvedic system of medicine. P. corylifolia is an important medicinal herb used for the treatment of Leucoderma, psoriasis and leprosy. P. corylifolia seed contain psoralen, psoralidin, isopsoralen, neobavaisoflavone, corylin, bavachin, and bavachalcone. P. corylifolia has been used for the treatment of asthma, vitiligo, nephritis, calvities and cough. Bavachin is a pure phytochemical, found to be present in the seeds and fruit of P. corylifolia.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In order to know the medicinal properties and therapeutic benefit of bavachin in the medicine, numerous scientific research data have been collected from different literature sources and analyzed. Medicinal importance and pharmacological activities of bavachin has been investigated through literature data analysis of different scientific research works. Scientific research data has been collected from databases such as PubMed, Google, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Scopus using words Psoralea corylifolia and bavachin. Further maximum scientific article of bavachin with respect to its pharmacological activities, medicinal importance, and analytical data of has been collected from these databases and presented here with proper citation.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Data analysis of scientific research works of bavachin revealed the biological importance of bavachin in the medicine. Bavachin showed anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-bacterial, lipid-lowering and cholesterol-reducing properties in the medicine. Bavachin has multiple pharmacological activities including platelet aggregation, α-glucosidase activities and antibacterial potential. Bavachin has a potential estrogen supplement for estrogen replacement therapy. Present work summarized biological potential of bavachin on inflammatory disorders, articular cartilage degeneration, cardiovascular disease, hyperglycemia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, apoptosis, melanin synthesis, estrogen Receptor, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 and various form of pathogenic infection. Analytical data revealed the significance of an HPLC-UV, HPLC, HPLC-ECD, HPLC-DAD, IT-MS, HPLC, HPLC/TOF-MS, LC-MS/MS and ILUAE techniques for separation, identification and quantification of bavachin in different samples.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Literature data analysis revealed the biological importance and therapeutic potential of bavachin in the medicine for the treatment of various form of human disorders.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126450728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Miracle Fruit from a Medical Perspective: Goji berry (Lycium spp.)","authors":"İ. Oğuz, H. I. Oğuz, N. Kafkas","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666220127140658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666220127140658","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The goji berry (Lycium spp.) belongs to the Solanaceae family. The genus Lycium comprises 87 recognized species and is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions in temperate to subtropical zones around the world. China is currently the greatest supplier of goji berry, or wolfberry, products in the world and commercial amounts of wolfberry are grown in this country. Goji berry is densely cultivated around the southwestern part of China. Recently, goji berry became a popular fruit in Turkey due to containing health beneficial compounds, especially phenolic compounds (phenolic acids and flavonoids), carotenoids, tocopherol, and ascorbic acid and having antioxidant properties. Lycium fruits were used as remedies since ancient times in Asian countries, especially in China, for their emmenagogue, diuretic, antipyretic, tonic, aphrodisiac, hypnotic, and hepatoprotective effects. After the discovery of the medicinal and aromatic characteristics of goji berry products, interest in goji berry has increased around the world. Goji berry is regarded as a superfood because of its nutrient profile. Especially in recent years, the goji berry has been cultivated and used widely as a medical aromatic plant in many European countries, following its use in Southeast Asian countries. In this chapter, adequate research is presented about goji berry in terms of botanical description, homeland, benefits to human health, and traditional uses.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134122729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An overview of the challenges associated with the use of fruit and cereal-based probiotic carriers and their recently developed solutions","authors":"S. Okyere","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666220107152746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666220107152746","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Probiotic foods are functional foods that play important roles in the health of humans and animals. Over centuries, the main route for probiotics transfer into humans and animals is through fermented dairy products. However, currently, the selection of new probiotic strains and the development of new administration carriers due to consumer preference and conditions are on the rise, especially with the emergence of vegetarians. However, a number of uncertainties concerning the type of probiotic strain and the carrier exist. Therefore, this review seeks to elaborate on some plant-based probiotic carriers and discuss their shortfalls as well as report on some recent methods being used to protect probiotics in foods to serve as a basis for researchers and probiotic producing industries to correctly select the best strains for a particular carrier and modify existing plant-based probiotic carriers to promote survivability of probiotics to meet the high demands for plant-based probiotic products especially by vegetarians. This review reported that, transferring health benefits and maintaining bacterial cell viability for longer storage have been a major shortfall in the plant- based probiotic products industry due to challenges such as easy loss of cell viability and sensory attributes as a results of fermentation activities by probiotic bacteria. Hence in reducing these problems the review suggested that the adoption of techniques such as selection of resistant probiotic bacteria, prebiotics, encapsulation, and use of appropriate packaging and storage conditions would improve probiotic bacteria cell viability and maintain the sensory attributes in plant-based probiotic products to increase consumer acceptance.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115210183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pharmacological and nutritional benefits of flaxseed’s (Linum usitatissimum Linn.) biocomponents","authors":"M. Tarique, Badruddeen, ,Shahla Parveen, Farogh Ahsan, Mohammad Irfan Khan, J. Akhtar, M. Khalid, Gazanfer, Mohammad Muztaba","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666220106140913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666220106140913","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Linum usitatissimum (Linn.), Commonly known as flaxseed or flaxseed, belongs to the family Linaceae. Flaxseed is a crop of blue flowers that produce small, flat seeds of golden yellow to reddish-brown color. It is a native of the Mediterranean and West Asia. Due to its health benefits associated with the high content of linolenic acid (ALA), flaxseed has played a major role in diet and research. The ALA is an essential omega-3-fatty acid, and also due to its presence a major lignan, i.e. secoisolaricyrcinol diglucoside (SDG). There is also a wide range of uses of flaxseed oil in skin health, anticoagulants, anticancer, ulcer treatment, muscle growth, and weight loss. The nutritional composition of flaxseed is about 30% carbohydrate, 18% protein, and 39% fat. Flaxseed contains most carbohydrates in the form of fiber and contains more than 45% omega-3 fatty acids. It also contains dietary fibers, proteins and polyunsaturated fatty acids. All the ingredients possess different health benefits. Although plant resources are the key ingredient in drug discovery, the popularity of flaxseed always fascinate scientists, the number of articles giving information about the chemical components of flaxseed and its potential clinical use is very little. This review provides a systematic summary of the research completed over the past decade and provides an up-to-date summary of the various bioactive and outlines the relationship between the nutritional and pharmacological use of chemical ingredients and its flaxseed.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121942969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Current Phytochemical and Pharmacological Outlook of Actinidia deliciosa (Kiwi Fruit)","authors":"Saman Siddiquie, M. Ahmad, Farogh Ahsan, Tarique Mahmood, M. Arif, M. Khushtar, A. Islam","doi":"10.2174/2666862901666210916112624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2666862901666210916112624","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Worldwide health and therapeutic practices seek to amalgamate alternative medications with evidence-based medicine for an improved understanding of metabolic progression and its influences on the human body. Actinidia deliciosa, also known as “Kiwi fruit”, is a dioecious plant that is native to China and distributed widely across the Asian continent. Commercial planting of kiwifruit was started in the early 20th century when it reached New Zealand from China. In recent times, Kiwi fruit has gained a major demand due to its high content of vitamin C. Kiwi fruit also contains dietary fiber, iron, carotenoids and is a rich source of antioxidants. These may aid in lowering blood pressure, improve wound healing, blood glucose control and improve bowel health. Vitamin C, choline, lutein, and zeaxanthin are antioxidants that assist in the removal of free radicals from the body and may prevent the body from various diseases and inflammations. Herein, we state the health benefits found in diverse compounds from Actinidia deliciosa, highlighting the source, morphology, chemical constituent, cultivation, production, traditional uses, nutritional value, health benefits, toxicity studies, clinical trials, and pharmacological activities while highlighting side effects associated with kiwifruit. This review provides a bird’s eye insight mainly on the morphological, phytochemical, and pharmacological activity, which could be beneficial in making use of technological and scientific advances. This plant can be used as a current medical adjuvant for its potential. The complete plant must be broadly investigated for further future perspective.\u0000","PeriodicalId":251049,"journal":{"name":"Current Functional Foods","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128192198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}