Proteins are a potential source of health-promoting biomolecules with medical,
nutraceutical, and food applications. Nowadays, bioactive peptides production, its isolation …

The reduced availability and the increasing prices of calf rennet, coupled to the growing
global demand of cheese has led, worldwide, to explore alternative clotting enzymes …

Plant rennets hold an important position among various coagulants used in cheese
technology. The selection of a suitable plant coagulant is important due to the increasing …

Proteases occupy the most relevant position among industrial enzymes. Plant proteases
have been used in medicine, detergent manufacturing, and food science for many years, but …

Sažetak Cynara cardunculus L. var. scolymus, known as the artichoke, originated in the
Mediterranean region and is now cultivated in several countries. The artichoke has leaves, a …

Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L.) is a Mediterranean plant and member of the Asteraceae
family that includes three botanical taxa, the wild perennial cardoon (C. cardunculus L. var …

The use of crude aqueous extracts of Cynara cardunculus flowers as coagulants in the
production of high-quality sheep and goat cheeses—as are the cases of several Portuguese …

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) flower extract was assayed with the aim of replacing animal
rennet in the manufacture of Gouda-type cheeses from bovine milk. Floral extract coagulated …

Two different milk clotting enzymes, belonging to the aspartic protease family, were
extracted from both artichoke leaves and alpine thistle flowers, and the latter was covalently …

Cardoon is a multi‐purpose and versatile Mediterranean crop, adapted to climate change,
with a wide spectrum of potential applications due its added value as a rich source of fibers …