Low-molecular-weight phytochemicals have health benefits and reduce the risk of diseases, but the mechanisms underlying their activities have remained elusive because of the lack of a methodology that can easily visualize the exact behavior of such small molecules. Recently, we developed an in situ label-free imaging technique, called mass spectrometry imaging, for visualizing spatially-resolve...

Rytidophyllum tomentosum (L.) Mart. (search-me-heart) is an aromatic Jamaican endemic herb traditionally consumed as a general tonic and for its medicinal properties. This present study evaluates the nutraceutical potential of R. tomentosum as a functional herbal tea, through the assessment of elemental composition, phenolic contents and in vitro antioxidant potential of samples collected from ...

Tea is the most common beverage throughout the world. Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is full of flavonoids (1). This herbal drug has a lot of polyphenols, catechin epicatechin, epigallocatechin and epigallocatechin-3-gallate. It also contains other composites like saponins, caffeine, tannins, and some vitamins. Several different investigations have indicated that green tea has hypo-cholesterolae...

Several herbal teas contain bioactive compounds that have been associated with a lower risk of chronic diseases including cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemopreventive activity of tea aqueous extracts and selected constituent pure polyphenols using a battery of in vitro marker systems relevant for the prevention of cancer. The effects of (-) epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), ...

This study investigated the antioxidant activity of functional beverage concentrates containing herbal medicine extracts (FBCH) using various antioxidant assays, such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) radical scavenging activity, and reducing power assay. The total polyphenolic content of FBCH (81.45...

Günümüzde sağlıklı ve dengeli beslenmenin öneminin artmasıyla farklı içerikli bitki çayı tüketimine olan ilgi de artmıştır. Tarımsal bir atık havuç yapraklarının yüksek askorbik asit içerdiği bilinmektedir. Bu sebeple kurutularak formunda tüketilebilir hale getirilmesi hem tarımsal atığın değerlendirilmesi içeriğindeki asitten faydalanılması açısından dikkat çekicidir. amaçla bu çalışmada formd...

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of herbal-based toothpastes with different contents on viability L929 cells.Methods: Herbal-based {Aloe vera - propolis herbal toothpaste, Group 1; Parodontax, 2; Toothpaste miswak, and tea tree extract, 3, Dent natural protective toothpaste clay, 4; Gano fresh, 5} were diluted (1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:16, 1:32) in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium. fibroblast ce...