The accurate quantification of phenolic compounds (PCs) in foods has become mandatory for a reliable estimation PCs dietary intake. However, the extraction step these molecules from food matrix is challenging and complex task. To manage current lack an official or generally accepted procedure recovery phenolics, application statistical mathematical tools, such as response surface methodology (R...

The objective of this study was to characterize the insoluble and soluble dietary fiber present in Argentine Italian artichoke (Cynara scolymus) by-products by comparing chemical analysis ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Non-edible bracts (AR) (Benevento (BN) Sicily (SC)) cultivars were employed. fibers extracted physical procedures determined chemical, attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infra...

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is one of the world's oldest medicinal plants with multiple health benefits. We have previously shown that artichoke leaf extracts and artichoke flavonoids upregulate the gene expression of endothelial-type nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in human endothelial cells. Whereas NO produced by the eNOS is a vasoprotective molecule, NO derived from the inducible iNOS plays...

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) serves as a reference dicot for investigation of defence mechanisms in Asteraceae due to abundant secondary metabolites and high resistance/tolerance to environmental stresses. In plants, phenylpropanoid and flavonoid pathways are considered as two central defence signalling cascades in stress conditions. Here, we describe the isolation of two major genes in ...

Objective. Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) was one of the plant remedies for primary health care. The present study was focused on the determination of chemical composition, antioxidant activities, and anti-inflammatory activity and on analyzing its major bioactive polyphenols by HPLC. Methods. Artichoke Leaves Extracts (ALE) were analyzed for proximate analysis and phytochemical and antioxidant...