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The quality evaluation of 30 Asparagus officinalis L. varieties. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
A comprehensive evaluation of 30 asparagus varieties in Shandong Province China was conducted. Asparagus show differences in components depending on their varieties, and their quality varies between stem colors. The top five varieties with comprehensive scores were Atlas, Appolo, Jinggang 111, Jingke 2, and WS‐1.
Gao R, Li G, Liu P, Gao L, Bi J, Jiang Y, Liu H, Wang Y.   +7 more
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Huangjing—From medicine to healthy food and diet

Food Frontiers, Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 1068-1090, September 2023., 2023
Huangjing has been used as a medicine‐food in China for over 2000 years. While it contains no starch, it is rich in fructan, saponins and flavonoids. As part of a healthy diet, a perennial plant, it suitable for widespread cultivation. In conclusion increased production of Huangjing and its use in the human diet has great potential in alleviating ...
Yan Shi, Jingjing Liu, Dun Si, John B. Golding, Penta Pristijono, Yongxin Li, Fule He, Xinfeng Zhang, Zhigang Han, Lingshang Wu, Donghong Chen, Jinping Si   +11 more
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Protodioscin inhibits bladder cancer cell migration and growth, and promotes apoptosis through activating JNK and p38 signaling pathways

, 2022
[[abstract]]Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the male genitourinary urinary system. Protodioscin is a steroidal saponin with anti-cancer effects on several types of cancers; however, the anti-cancer activities of protodioscin on ...
Chen, YR;Wang, SC;Huang, SP;Su, CC;Liu, PL;Cheng, WC;Chuu, CP;Chen, JK;Bao, BY;Lee, CH;Ke, CC;Wu, HE;Chang, HH;Yeh, HC;Li, CY
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Extraction of Protodioscin from Tribulus terrestris-Optimisation of Kinetics and Modeling

Revista de Chimie, 2021
The aim of the present study was to establish the optimal conditions for protodioscin extraction from Tribulus terrestris plant and to investigate the possibilities of mathematical modeling of the process and calculation of the diffusion coefficients essential for the industrial scale-up and management of the extraction process.
Evgeni Simeonov, Zvezdelina Yaneva, Chavdar Chilev   +2 more
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Phytochemicals: Alternative for Infertility Treatment and Associated Conditions

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Infertility and obstetric complications have become global health issues in the past few years. Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive even after twelve months or more of regular and unprotected intercourse. According to WHO data published in the year 2020, 186 million people have infertility globally.
Saziini H. Chorosho, Neha Malik, Gulsheen Panesar, Pratima Kumari, Sarita Jangra, Rupinder Kaur, Mariam S. Al-Ghamdi, Tasahil S. Albishi, Hitesh Chopra, Ravinder Singh, H. C. Ananda Murthy, Maria Silvana Alves   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forage Accumulation and Nutritional Characteristics of Brachiaria Cultivars Grown in a Semi-arid Environment

Tropical Animal Science Journal, 2023
The evaluation of the nutritional value and parameters of ruminal fermentation of tropical forages is important, aiming at its efficient use in ruminant feeding.
J. G. Rodrigues, G. dos S. Difante, L. C. V. Ítavo, M. de G. Pereira , A. L. C. Gurgel, A. B. G. da Costa , E. L. de L. Veras, G. O. de A. Monteiro , A. M. Dias, C. C. B. F. Ítavo   +9 more
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Effect of protodioscin and dioscin on cell growth, clonogenic formation and migration of non-invasive and invasive human breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-468).

, 2023
(A and B) In vitro antitumor activity of protodioscin and dioscin towards adenocarcinoma cell line ER+ (MCF-7) and ER- (MDA-MB-468) after 48 hours of treatment.
Francesco Cacciola (762130), Rachid El Fatimy (13558834), Mohamed Nhiri (13558831), Abdelmajid Zyad (773362), Najat Bouchmaa (13558816), Sana Ajouaoi (14593126), Youssef Bouargalne (14593123), Reda Ben Mrid (13558813)   +7 more
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Tribulus terrestris L. - a review [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture
Tribulus terrestris L. is an annual herb, known worldwide as a noxious weed or as medicinal plant. Phytochemicals from Tribulus terrestris are well known in area of fitness suplements for muscle gain, in medicine, where those phytochemicals are used to ...
Jaroslav Neumann, KRISTÝNA LÍBALOVÁ, Petr KONVALINA, Pavel SMETANA, Petr VRÁBLÍK, Miloslav ŠOCH   +5 more
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Steroidal saponin concentrations in switchgrass cultivars Liberty and Independence in North America

, 2023
Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2023.
Andrea K. Clemensen, Stephen T. Lee, Robert B. Mitchell, Marty R. Schmer, Steven D. Masterson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ACUTE TOXICITY EVALUATION OF PROTODIOSCIN RICH EXTRACT OF TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM L IN RATS [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the acute toxicity of standardized protodioscin rich extract (PRE) of Trigonella foenumgraecumL (26.63% w/w; PRE).Methods: To evaluate the toxicity of PRE, the acute toxicity of the extract on ...
Parmar, Vijaykumar, Variya, Ketan, Patel, Sandip   +2 more
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