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Nutraceutical Value of Pantelleria Capers (Capparis spinosa L.)
2019
Abstract: Unopened flower buds of Capparis spinosa L. (capers), generally used in the Mediterranean area as food flavoring, are known to be a good source of bioactive compounds. The aim of this work was to evaluate the nutraceutical value of salt-fermented capers collected from different areas of Pantelleria Island (Italy), testing their methylglyoxal and glyoxal trapping capacity and antioxidant activity by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH), [2,2-azinobis(3-ethylben- zothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)] diammonium salt (ABTS), and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assays. Hydrophilic extracts were also characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization/ma…
De Caperucita Roja a las slasher movies: reescrituras del cuento tradicional en la ficción cinematográfica norteamericana
2011
Desde los albores de la civilización, los relatos populares se han transmitido de generación en generación, conformando un tapiz tupido e interrelacionado que va desde la prehistoria de los indígenas norteamericanos y el Antiguo Testamento hasta nuestros días. A medida que los cuentos perviven al pasar de abuelos a nietos, estos desempeñan un papel determinante para la formación, la consolidación y la transmisión de los valores e ideales de la sociedad. Sin embargo, los avances tecnológicos y los profundos cambios que se producen en la sociedad estadounidense del siglo xx hacen que estas manifestaciones artísticas y culturales deban adaptarse a nuevos medios de transmisión. En el presente a…
New Interpretative Scales for Lichen Bioaccumulation Data: The Italian Proposal
2019
The interpretation of lichen bioaccumulation data is of paramount importance in environmental forensics and decision-making processes. By implementing basic ideas underlying previous interpretative scales, new dimensionless, species-independent &ldquo
Caperucita Roja, paradigma de la nueva mujer en la publicidad
2011
Literatura y publicidad llevan tiempo conviviendo juntas. Entre los recursos literarios empleados en publicidad son especialmente interesantes las adaptaciones que modifican las funciones de los personajes, quienes cambian sus comportamientos en ella para someter su conducta al nuevo reclamo persuasivo. En este estudio nos hemos acercado a una serie de anuncios que, a lo largo de los últimos años, han recurrido a uno de los relatos infantiles más simbólicos: Caperucita Roja. En los comerciales analizados, la actitud inocente de la niña del relato tradicional se trastoca para dar lugar a nuevas cualidades psicológicas: valor, desafío o desenvoltura sexual respecto al lobo, con las que se man…
IN VITRO GERMINATION AND SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT OF CAPER (CAPPARIS SPINOSA L.)
2009
Evaluation of antioxidant properties and assessment of genetic diversity of Capparis spinosa cultivated in Pantelleria Island.
2017
Capparis spinosa is a wild and cultivated bush, which grows mainly in the Mediterranean Basin. Unopened flower buds, called capers are used in the Mediterranean cuisine as flavoring for meat, vegetable and other foods. Several studies evaluated bioactive component and antioxidant activity of Capparis spinosa, increasing the market demand and the economic importance of capers.The aim of this work was to evaluate the contents of bioactive compounds in floral buds fermented in salt of C. spinosa collected from different areas of Pantelleria Island (Italy), testing the effect on healthy function as total antioxidant compounds. Hydrophilic extracts of C. spinosa from Pantelleria Island were char…
Hybridization in Capparis spinosa L.: Molecular and morphological evidence from a Mediterranean island complex
2014
Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) molecular markers and morphological analysis were used in order to characterize wild populations and cultivated forms of orphan crop species Capparis spinosa L. in a Mediterranean island complex. Nineteen wild populations belonging to two different subspecies, C. spinosa subsp. spinosa and subsp. rupestris, were sampled in different environments in Sicily and the surrounding islets Lampedusa, Pantelleria and Salina. Different biotypes cultivated in Pantelleria and Salina were analyzed. Six ISSR primers were selected for genetic characterization, and all clear and reproducible bands were scored and analyzed. Among the 47 ISSR bands obtained, 97.5% were pol…