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Plant Extracts: Chemical Composition, Bioactivity and Potential Applications

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January 2022
206 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2877-9 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2876-2 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Plant Extracts: Chemical Composition, Bioactivity and Potential Applications that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

Society has recently demonstrated a high level of awareness and responsibility concerning environmental issues. The interest in bioactive compounds extracted from natural sources has increased due to their potential application as active ingredients in several industries, particularly the cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Plants are rich sources of phenolic compounds that have been widely studied due to their health-promoting properties, namely antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-inflammatory activities, among others. Extraction is usually the limiting analytical step in the yield of bioactive compounds. From a green point of view, many extraction techniques have been employed as potential candidates to replace conventional methods, such as ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), pressurized liquid extraction (PLE), microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), pulsed electric field extraction, and enzyme-assisted extraction. In this Special Issue, we focus our attention on the chemical characterization of plant extracts and their bioactive composition, focusing also on in-vitro cell assays and molecular tools. The issue comprises original research articles, as well as a review, on topics such as phenolic profile, radical scavenging capacity, in vitro cell assays, comet assay, and antimicrobial capacity. We close this Special Issue with a review paper that focuses on the pharmacological activities of quercetin, one of the principal polyphenols. With this, we aim to provide a contemporary overview of the advantages of bioactive compounds extracted from plants.

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Keywords
quercetin; herbal remedies; pharmacological activities; pharmacokinetics; Alzheimer’s disease; Solanum tuberosum L.; oral toxicity; tocosh; fermented foods; traditional medicine; vine-canes; subcritical water extraction; scavenging capacity; in-vitro assays; byproducts; Chaenomeles japonica fruit; polyphenols; antioxidants; antimicrobial activity; nanovesicles; tomato; size-exclusion chromatography; biomanufacturing; proteomics; phospholipids; Solanum lycopersicum L.; gradient ultracentrifugation; differential ultracentrifugation; Chaenomeles japonica leaves; phenolic compounds; glioblastoma; anticancer activity; nettle leaves and stalks; phenological stage; location; accelerated solvent extraction; UPLC-MS/MS; polyphenols; chlorophylls; carotenoids; antioxidant capacity; ORAC; phytocomplex; spinach extracts; colon cancer cell line; phytochemicals; antioxidants; pomegranate seed; oil; pretreatment; cold pressing; total phenolic content; antiradical activity; antioxidant capacity; DPPH; solvent extraction; nutrition; Maytenus boaria; ABTS; edible plants; Polygonoideae; phenolic profile; doxorubicin; apoptosis; cell cycle; Keap1-Nrf2 expression; bioactive compounds; cell metabolism; flavonoids; high-hydrostatic pressure; marcela; phenolic compounds; TC7-cellular uptake

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