Wound healing and the use of medicinal plants

A Shedoeva, D Leavesley, Z Upton… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cutaneous wound healing is the process by which skin repairs itself. It is generally accepted
that cutaneous wound healing can be divided into 4 phases: haemostasis, inflammation …

Tannins as an alternative to antibiotics

AK Farha, QQ Yang, G Kim, HB Li, F Zhu, HY Liu… - Food Bioscience, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria that are
a serious threat to human health. There is a need to develop efficient antibacterial agents to …

Tannins as a sustainable raw material for green chemistry: A review

Y Shirmohammadli, D Efhamisisi, A Pizzi - Industrial crops and products, 2018 - Elsevier
Tannins as herbal extracts are a good alternative for green chemistry. They are found
aplenty in some plant species and can be extracted by simple methods. The tannins main …

The food–materials nexus: Next generation bioplastics and advanced materials from agri‐food residues

CG Otoni, HMC Azeredo, BD Mattos… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The most recent strategies available for upcycling agri‐food losses and waste (FLW) into
functional bioplastics and advanced materials are reviewed and the valorization of food …

Food waste as a carbon source in carbon quantum dots technology and their applications in food safety detection

H Fan, M Zhang, B Bhandari, C Yang - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In recent years, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) has received a lot of attentions
owing to their great physical and optical properties. There are different kinds of carbon …

Food antioxidants: chemical insights at the molecular level

A Galano, G Mazzone, R Alvarez-Diduk… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we briefly summarize the reliability of the density functional theory (DFT)-
based methods to accurately predict the main antioxidant properties and the reaction …

Embracing nutritional qualities, biological activities and technological properties of coffee byproducts in functional food formulation

FG Gemechu - Trends in food science & technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Research interests in coffee byproducts showed increased attraction. This is partly driven by
increasing annual coffee production, which leads to increased generation of solid residues …

Antioxidants of fruit extracts as antimicrobial agents against pathogenic bacteria

S Suriyaprom, P Mosoni, S Leroy, T Kaewkod… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fruit is an essential part of the human diet and is of great interest because of its richness in
phytochemicals. Various fruit extracts from citrus, berries and pomegranates have been …

Pulp, leaf, peel and seed of avocado fruit: A review of bioactive compounds and healthy benefits

P Jimenez, P Garcia, V Quitral, K Vasquez… - Food Reviews …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Avocado (Persea americana Mill) is a native American fruit. Its industrial
processing generates a large number of wastes (leaves, peels, and seeds). These wastes …

Plant food residues as a source of nutraceuticals and functional foods

T Varzakas, G Zakynthinos, F Verpoort - Foods, 2016 - mdpi.com
This chapter describes the use of different plant and vegetable food residues as
nutraceuticals and functional foods. Different nutraceuticals are mentioned and explained …