Caffeic acid (CA; 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid) is endowed with high antioxidant activity. CA derivatives (such as amides) have gained a lot of attention due to their antioxidative, antitumor and antimicrobial properties as well as stable characteristics. Caffeoyl-peptide derivatives showed different antioxidant activity depending on the type and the sequence of amino acid used. For these reasons...

objective(s):marine organisms are known as a potential source of natural products, which contain bioactive substances with therapeutic properties. sea cucumbers are prominent among marine organisms because of their dietary and therapeutic applications. in addition, they have capacity of synthesizing saponins molecules and other metabolites with therapeutic properties such as antitumor, antimicr...

background: natural medicines have been recently considered more reasonable for human use most notably due to their safety and tolerance. hesa-a is a marine-originated herbal medicine with a variety of healing effects. however, its exact biological mechanism is not clear. the pre-sent study aimed at the evaluation of the hesa-a antioxidant effect. methods: chinese hamster ovary (cho) and human ...

Background: Capparis spinosa is used in different countries for prevention and treatment of various diseases. Its fruits are usually used in processed form especially with vinegar. Objective: The aim of the present study was investigating the effect of processing on some phytochemical constituents and biological activities of C. spinosa. Methods: The fruits were processed with grape vinegar. To...

euphorbia wallichii a perennial herb growing mainly in himalayas has been widely used in folk medicines for its medicinal properties. in the present study, the crude methanolic root extract (cme) and its fractions; n-hexane fraction (nhf), n-butanol fraction (nbf), chloroform fraction (chf), ethyl acetate fraction (eaf) and aqueous fraction (aqf) of this plant specie were investigated for antio...

HIGHLIGHTS Production of lipid nanoemulsions (<100 nm) industrial interest with low energy demand. The antioxidant properties babassu oil have been improved and the are not cytotoxic. Babassu is a food medicinal product. nanoemulsion strategic for developed new antioxidants phytotherapeutics.

Ferulago angulata Boiss. known in Iran as Chavir, has some bioactive compounds having antioxidant activity. Because of its antioxidant activities, it sounded Chavir extract can be a good candidate for finding chemopreventive agents having inductive apoptosis properties on cancer cells. In this study, the cytotoxic effects and proapoptotic activities of Chavir's leaf and flower extracts were inv...