Polyphenols are an important class of compounds, due to their excellent antioxidant properties. Lately, much effort has been placed into developing new extraction techniques and optimizing them, so that polyphenols can be retrieved more efficiently from the plant materials. One most recent advances in is pulsed electric field (PEF). This technique environmentally friendly potential maximize rec...

The anti-inflammatory activity of andalusol (ent-13(16),14-labdadiene-6 alpha,8 alpha,18-triol), a diterpenoid obtained from the acetone extract of Sideritis foetens Clemen, has been investigated. This compound was able to inhibit acute inflammatory processes induced by carrageenan or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol acetate (TPA) after oral or topical administration. Quantitation of the neutrophil sp...