Natural Colorants From Amazonian Plants: Bioactive Potential and Sustainable Extraction Techniques-A Review. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrThis review explores Amazonian plants as sources of natural colorants, highlighting major groups such as anthocyanins, carotenoids, betalains, and chlorophylls. It emphasizes sustainable extraction techniques, including green solvents and emerging technologies, and discusses their bioactive properties and potential applications in the food industry ...
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Synergistic enhancing effect of xanthan gum, carboxymethyl cellulose and citric acid on the stability of betacyanins in fermented red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) drink during storage [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Nowadays, the demand for using healthy natural pigments (betacyanins) in the food industry is increasing. The present study aimed to overcome the circumstances that render the betacyanins instability in the red dragon fruit drink using mild approaches ...
Teck Wei Lim +4 more
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A Novel Dairy–Beetroot Powder: Microencapsulation Improves Stability and Sensory Qualities While Preserving Cardioprotective Bioactives [PDF]
FoodsBackground: Beets are enriched in bioactive compounds with beneficial effects on cardiovascular function. Nitrate is a precursor for nitric oxide synthesis, exhibiting an effect on cardiomyocytes and myocardial ischemia/reperfusion, improving endothelial
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Ameliorative Effect of Beetroot Against Folic Acid Deficiency: A Review. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrBeets, as well as folic acid supplements, provide a possible nutritional intervention for nutritional insufficiency, and this is especially true in functional foods. Offering a holistic explanation of beetroot's medicinal properties, this paper explores the means by which its bioactive constituents can counteract the adverse effects of folic acid ...
Rasheed A +7 more
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Centesimal Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Antimicrobial Properties of White (Hylocereus undulatus) and Red (Hylocereus polyrhizus) Pitayas. [PDF]
J Food SciABSTRACT This study investigated the centesimal composition, physicochemical properties, bioactive compounds, antimicrobial activity, and anti‐quorum sensing (QS) potential of red pulp (RP; Hylocereus polyrhizus) and white pulp (WP; Hylocereus undulatus) pitayas.
Gomes RS +7 more
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In Silico Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation and Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) Betalainic Fingerprinting: Identification of Betalains in Red Pitaya [PDF]
MoleculesBetalains, which contain nitrogen and are water soluble, are the pigments responsible for many traits of plants and biological activities in different organisms that do not produce them.
Jesús Alfredo Araujo-León +5 more
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Tissue localization of betacyanins in cactus stems
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012 Betalains are soluble pigments found only in the suborder Chenopodiniae, while in all other Angiospermae they are replaced by anthocyanins. The convergent evolution of the presence of anthocyanins and betalains in vegetative tissues supports the ...
Alessandro Mosco
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Construction of a Yeast Protein-Chitooligosaccharide W/O/W Emulsion System for Carrying and Stabilization of Betacyanins [PDF]
FoodsNatural pigments like betacyanins are highly unstable under heat, light, acid, and alkaline conditions. Yeast protein (YP) is a promising substitute protein, while chitooligosaccharides (COS) are water-soluble alkaline polysaccharides.
Yichen Li +6 more
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Influence of Leavening Agent on the Stability of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity of Gluten-Free Bread with Beetroot By-Product [PDF]
MoleculesBeetroot by-product (BBP), an industrial residue rich in bioactive compounds, offers a sustainable solution to reduce food waste while enhancing the nutritional profile.
Carmen Molina-Montero +3 more
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Effect of temperature on betacyanins synthesis and the transcriptome of Suaeda salsa
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionSuaeda salsa (Linn.) Pall. is an important tourist resource and ecological restoration species in coastal wetlands. Environmental factors such as low temperature, darkness, phytohormone, salt stress and seawater flflooding, and light can ...
Min Li +9 more
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