The nutritional and antioxidant composition of four tomato Portuguese farmer' varieties widely cultivated in homegardens was determined. The analysed components included macronutrients, individual profiles of sugars and fatty acids by chromatographic techniques, hydrophilic antioxidants such as vitamin C, phenolics, flavonols and anthocyanins, and lipophilic antioxidants such as tocopherols, β-...

European eel proteins hydrolysates (EPHs) were produced from A. anguilla muscle protein and isolate using Purafect®, goby crude proteases B. invictae proteases. EPHs had high contents displayed diverse molecular mass distributions. Muscle (MPHs) (PIHs) obtained both by Purafect® the highest antibacterial activity. PIHs emulsifying stability. MPHs higher chelating effects. ability to prevent ble...

The in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Achillea sieheana Staf. (Asteraceae) were investigated in this study. The chemical composition of the essential oil isolated by hydro-distillation from the aerial parts of A. sieheana was analyzed by GC–MS. Camphor (43.36%), Artemisia ketone (25.95%), 1.8-cineole (6.29%) and camphene (4.77%) wer...

The ethanolic extract of Aloe vera leaf skin was fractionated by liquid-liquid partition using hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform-ethanol and butanol. The total phenolic content of the four different fractions were determined by Folin-Ciocalteu method and their antioxidant activity was essayed through some in vitro models such as the antioxidant capacity by phosphomolybdenum method, β-carotene b...

The in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Achillea sieheana Staf. (Asteraceae) were investigated in this study. The chemical composition of the essential oil isolated by hydro-distillation from the aerial parts of A. sieheana was analyzed by GC–MS. Camphor (43.36%), Artemisia ketone (25.95%), 1.8-cineole (6.29%) and camphene (4.77%) wer...

Transgenic Solanum lycopersicum plants expressing an additional copy of lycopene β– cyclase (LCYB) from Nicotiana tabacum, under the control of the Arabidopsis polyubiquitin promoter (UBQ3), have been generated. Expression of LCYB was increased some 10-fold in ripening fruit compared to vegetative tissues. The ripe fruit showed an orange pigmentation, due to increased levels (up to 5-fold) of β...


 This study aimed to determine the effect of yellow pumpkin puree characteristics brownies which made by black glutinous rice flour, and find out preeminent characteristics. The experiment was designed as a completely randomized design with 5 level treatments (0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%) addition. treatment repeated for 3 times obtain 15 experimental unit overall. data analyzed using analysis...

The n-hexane (HE), dichloromethane (DC), methanol (ME), ethanol 70% (ET), and methanol with Soxlhet apparatus (MS) extracts of Stachys lavandulifolia aerial parts were screened for their potential tyrosinase, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitory activity. ET and MS inhibited tyrosinase with IC50 values of 33.4 and 42.8 μg/mL, respectively. The phytochemical in...

The antioxidant activity of fresh and dried plant extracts of Paederia foetida and Syzygium aqueum were studied using beta-carotene bleaching and the 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical cation assay. The percentage of antioxidant activity for all extract samples using both assays was between 58 and 80%. The fresh samples of both plants had higher antioxidant ac...

Essential oils (EOs), the odorous and volatile products of a plant’s secondary metabolism, have wide applications in folk medicine, food flavoring preservation, fragrance industries. The aim this study was to analyze chemical composition EO from aerial parts (including inflorescences) wild Teucrium luteum subsp. flavovirens Tunisia. obtained by hydrodistillation air-dried plant material Cleveng...