In this present studyα-amylase producing bacteria were isolated from the soil near North Bengal University canteen on an amylase agar medium.Primary screening of the isolates was done by iodine test,based on the clea...
financial support from national funds(UIDB/50006/2020);project PTDC/ASP-AGR/29277/2017-Castanea sativa shells as a new source of active ingredients for Functional Food and Cosmetic applications:a sustainable approach,and project 5537 DRI,Sérvia 2020/21 from Portuguese-Serbia Bilateral Cooperation-Devel-opment of functional foods incorporating a chestnut shells extract obtained by subcritical water,supported by national funds by FCT/MCTES;co-supported by Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional(FEDER)throughout COMPETE 2020-Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização(POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029277);Diana Pinto is thankful for her Ph.D.grant(SFRH/BD/144534/2019)financed by FCT/MCTES and POPH-QREN;supported by funds from European Union(EU)and Fundo Social Europeu(FSE)through Pro-grama Operacional Regional Norte;Francisca Rodrigues(CEECIND/01886/2020);Manuela M.Moreira(CEECIND/02702/2017);financed by FCT/MCTES-CEEC Individual 2020Program Contract;the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia,Innovación y Universidades for the Ramon y Cajal contract(RYC-2016-19355);Jaroslava Svarc-Gajic and Tanja Brezo-Borjan are grateful to the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia(Grant No.7747845,In situ pollutants removal from waters by sustainable green nanotechnologies-CleanNanoCatalyze);Ministry of education,science and technological development of the Republic of Serbia(Grant No 451-03-68/2020-14/200134).
Chestnut(Castanea sativa)shells(CS)are an appealing source of antioxidants.In previous studies,the research team validated a nutraceutical extract from CS,recovered by an eco-friendly technology,by in-vitro and in-viv...
Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China(LQ21C200008);Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2022QNRC001);the Natural Science Foundation of China(32001837 and 32272464);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1101800).
Thermomechanical process is the most commonly used for treating grains but inevitably cause loss of endogenous bioactive ingredients such as phenolics.This work investigated the phenolic retention of brown rice via bi...
financially supported by the Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Fund with a project number of MDK-2020-42448.
Lemon peel waste constitutes a natural resource for bioactive phenolics with antioxidant,antihypertensive and antidiabetic activities.Bioactivities of non-extractable phenolics from lemon peel obtained by conventional...
This work was supported financially by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(NO.32172234);national food science and engineering first-class discipline construction project(NO.JUFSTR20180204,China);the national key research and development plan in the 13th Five-Year(NO.2017YFD0400803,China).
(-)-Epicatechin gallate(ECG),as a naturalα-amylase inhibitor,has received extensive attention.However,poor liposolubility of ECG limits its application.In this study,lipophilic derivatives of ECG(1A-ECG,2A-ECG,1B-ECG...
financed by Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento(CNPq)and Fundaçao Araucaria。
Reduction in the activity of theα-amylases which hydrolyze starch and glycogen has been proposed for diminishing the incidence of obesity and diabetes.Many plant extracts contain inhibitors ofα-amylases andα-glucos...
subsidized by the Jiangsu Agriculture Science and Technology Innovation Fund(CX(18)3070);the China National Post-doctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX20220137);the Jiangsu Excellent Postdoctoral Program(2022ZB495);which has enabled us to accomplish this study.
Okra has attracted increasing interests to be used as functional food ingredients due to various human health benefits such as the inhibition ofα-glucosidase andα-amylase in this paper.Results showed that theα-gluc...
the scholarship support provided to her by RMIT University.
Obesity is a prominent global public health challenge.This study is aimed to explore the inhibition properties of organic and aqueous extracts of Hibiscus sabdariffa against the major enzymes associated with obesity(...
This research study was carried out as a part of DBT BULDER-SUK programme(PR No.BT/INF/22/SP43063/2022);sanctioned to Shivaji University,Kolhapur,MS,India.Also,the authors gratefully acknowledge STIC,Cochin for providing HR-TEM facility.
Owing to platinum's nobility,catalytic potential and vast range of possible biomedical applications,synthesis of platinum nanoparticles is attracting the attention of scientists worldwide.Though the plant mediated met...
Different anatomical parts of Dioscorea nipponica Makito have been used in foods and folk medicines for their nutritional and pharmacological properties;however,the scientific data on enzyme inhibitory activities and ...