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Improvement of betalains stability extracted from red dragon fruit peel by ultrasound-assisted microencapsulation with maltodextrin

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022
Natural betalains can be potential food additives because of their antioxidant activities, but they have poor thermal stability. In this study, betalains were extracted from red dragon fruit peel, and then encapsulated with maltodextrin by ultrasound ...
Xiaolan Li, Zhi-Hong Zhang, Jiaqi Qiao, Wenjuan Qu, Man-Sheng Wang, Xianli Gao, Cunsheng Zhang, Charles S. Brennan, Xianghui Qi   +8 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Ultrasonic, High Pressure, and Pulsed Electric Field Processing on the Extraction and Storage Stability of Betalains From Red Beet By-Products. [PDF]

J Food Sci
Yeasmen N, Bhuiyan MHR, Gariepy Y, Taherian AR, Dumont MJ, Ramaswamy H, Orsat V.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Anti-inflammatory activity of betalains: A comprehensive review

Human Nutrition & Metabolism, 2021
Betalains are nitrogen-based natural pigments present in some species of Caryophyllales plants and some higher-order fungi. Betalains are divided into betacyanins (red-colored) and betaxanthins (yellow-colored).
Cristina Montserrat Moreno-Ley, phD, Guillermo Osorio-Revilla, phD, Diana Maylet Hernández-Martínez, phD, Oswaldo Arturo Ramos-Monroy, phD, Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velázquez, phD   +4 more
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Dynamics of changes in the content of betalain pigments in red beet roots during the growing season and storage

Овощи России, 2023
Purpose. Betalains, plant pigments of red beet roots, exhibit antioxidant activity and reduce the risks of many pathological conditions. However, the widespread introduction of betalains is hampered by insufficient knowledge of their transformations ...
V. M. Koldaev
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Therapeutic Application of Betalains: A Review

Plants, 2020
Anthocyanins, betalains, riboflavin, carotenoids, chlorophylls and caramel are the basic natural food colorants used in modern food manufacture. Betalains, which are composed of red–violet betacyanin and yellow betaxanthins, are water-soluble pigments ...
Elaheh Madadi, Sahand Mazloum-Ravasan, Jae Sik Yu, Ji Won Ha, Hamed Hamishehkar, Ki Hyun Kim   +5 more
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Encapsulation of Betalains Extracted from Red Dragon Fruit Peels by Freeze-drying using Microcrystalline Cellulose and Dragon Fruit Peel Pectin as Wall Materials

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2022
Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) has good potential to be processed into many kinds of food products. The processing of dragon fruit always discarded large volumes of peel waste.
Uyen P. N. Tran, Trung Dang-Bao, Phung Thi Kim Le, Uyen D. H. Huynh, Thanh T. H. Nguyen, Tan M. Le   +5 more
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Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of the Metabolism of Betalains and Flavonoids in Red Amaranth Hypocotyl under Blue Light and Dark Conditions

Molecules, 2023
Amaranth plants contain abundant betalains and flavonoids. Anthocyanins are important flavonoids; however, they cannot coexist in the same plant with betalains. Blue light influences metabolite synthesis and hypocotyl elongation; accordingly, analyses of
Shengcai Liu, Xiao Wang, Liyun Peng
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Research Progress of Betalain in Response to Adverse Stresses and Evolutionary Relationship Compared with Anthocyanin

Molecules, 2019
Betalains are applicable to many aspects of life, and their properties, characteristics, extraction and biosynthesis process have been thoroughly studied.
Ge Li, Xiaoqing Meng, Mingku Zhu, Zongyun Li   +3 more
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The dawn of betalains [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2019
This article is a Commentary on Sheehan et al. (2020), 227: 914–929.
Fernando Gandía‐Herrero, Francisco García‐Carmona   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Protective effect of dietary supplements against streptozotocin-induced Alzheimer’s disease in mice [PDF]

Journal of HerbMed Pharmacology, 2021
Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative problem that is increased progressively due to the increment of aging worldwide. Phytochemicals play an important role in the protection from neurodegeneration.
Doha Mohamed, Marwa El-Shamarka, Sherein Abdelgayed, Rasha Mohamed   +3 more
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