Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) as a Potential Dietary Medicine with Nutraceutical Importance for Sustainable Health Applications

AEO Elkhalifa, E Alshammari, M Adnan, JC Alcantara… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, there has been a paradigm shift from conventional therapies to relatively safer
phytotherapies. This divergence is crucial for the management of various chronic diseases …

Cordycepin for Health and Wellbeing: A Potent Bioactive Metabolite of an Entomopathogenic Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps with Its Nutraceutical and Therapeutic …

SA Ashraf, AEO Elkhalifa, AJ Siddiqui, M Patel… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cordyceps is a rare naturally occurring entomopathogenic fungus usually found at high
altitudes on the Himalayan plateau and a well-known medicinal mushroom in traditional …

Optimization extraction conditions for improving phenolic content and antioxidant activity in Berberis asiatica fruits using response surface methodology (RSM)

T Belwal, P Dhyani, ID Bhatt, RS Rawal, V Pande - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
This study for the first time designed to optimize the extraction of phenolic compounds and
antioxidant potential of Berberis asiatica fruits using response surface methodology (RSM) …

[HTML][HTML] Ganoderma lucidum: Persuasive biologically active constituents and their health endorsement

MF Ahmad - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Ganoderma lucidum comprises probably 400 different biologically active constituents
principally polysaccharides, triterpenoids, proteins, enzymes, steroids, sterols, nucleotides …

An updated knowledge of Black seed (Nigella sativa Linn.): Review of phytochemical constituents and pharmacological properties

MF Ahmad, FA Ahmad, SA Ashraf, HH Saad… - Journal of herbal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract N. sativa (N. sativa) has been used since ancient times, when a scientific concept
about the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of human illnesses and alleviation of their …

Natural products and obesity: a focus on the regulation of mitotic clonal expansion during adipogenesis

E Chang, CY Kim - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity is recognized as a worldwide health crisis. Obesity and its associated health
complications such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases …

Ganoderma lucidum: A potential source to surmount viral infections through β-glucans immunomodulatory and triterpenoids antiviral properties

MF Ahmad, FA Ahmad, MI Khan, AA Alsayegh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) polysaccharides and triterpenoids are the major bioactive
compounds and have been used as traditional medicine for ancient times. Massive …

Fish-based bioactives as potent nutraceuticals: Exploring the therapeutic perspective of sustainable food from the sea

SA Ashraf, M Adnan, M Patel, AJ Siddiqui… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in nutraceuticals and functional foods have confirmed that bioactive
components present in our diet play a major therapeutic role against human diseases …

Ganoderma lucidum: A rational pharmacological approach to surmount cancer

MF Ahmad - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) has been broadly used
for health endorsement as well as longevity for over 2000 years in Asian countries. It is an …

Recent advances in nanocarriers for nutrient delivery

S Gorantla, G Wadhwa, S Jain, S Sankar… - Drug delivery and …, 2021 - Springer
For the past few years, there has been a surge in the use of nutraceuticals. The global
nutraceuticals market in 2020 was USD 417.66 billion, and the market value is expected to …