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The Role of Nutraceuticals in Statin Intolerant Patients.
2018
Abstract Statins are the most common drugs administered for patients with cardiovascular disease. However, due to statin-associated muscle symptoms, adherence to statin therapy is challenging in clinical practice. Certain nutraceuticals, such as red yeast rice, bergamot, berberine, artichoke, soluble fiber, and plant sterols and stanols alone or in combination with each other, as well as with ezetimibe, might be considered as an alternative or add-on therapy to statins, although there is still insufficient evidence available with respect to long-term safety and effectiveness on cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. These nutraceuticals could exert significant lipid-lowering activ…
Current and New Insights in the Sustainable and Green Recovery of Nutritionally Valuable Compounds from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.
2015
International audience; The South American plant Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a great source of noncaloric sweeteners (steviol glycosides), mainly concentrated in its leaves, but also has important antioxidant compounds (vitamin C, polyphenols, chlorophylls, and carotenoids) and other important macro- and micronutrients such as folic acid and all of the essential amino acids except tryptophan. Traditionally, conventional methods have been used to recover nutritionally valuable compounds from plant food matrices. However, nowadays, the need for obtaining greener, sustainable, and viable processes has led both food industries and food scientists to develop new processes in full correspondence…
A prospective observational study on oral administration of Ellagic Acid and Annona Muricata in patients affected by non-muscle invasive bladder canc…
2021
Introduction: BCG and MMC shortage and Covid-19 pandemic, more recently, limit accessibility to maintenance regimen in intravesical prophylaxis against recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Ellagic acid (EA) and Annona muricata (AM) exert antitumor activity against different human tumours. An observational prospective study on the prophylactic effect of oral administration of EA+AM in patients avoiding maintenance regimen is presented. Materials and methods: Patients affected by NMIBC and not undergoing maintenance after a 6-week course of intravesical prophylaxis with MMC or BCG were entered. Tis and very high-risk tumours were excluded. After informed consent, the pati…
Le proprietà nutrizionali e salutistiche del formaggio in funzione della stagione di pascolamento
2022
Il consumo alimentare si è notevolmente modificato negli ultimi anni. L’alimento, oltre a rappresentare una fonte di nutrienti, è diventato anche espressione dello stile di vita ed un mezzo di interazione e distinzione tra le persone. Il consumatore moderno, in risposta ai modelli alimentari che nei paesi industrializzati hanno generato gravi problemi di salute (obesità, malattie cardiovascolari, tumori), tende ad essere più informato, critico ed esigente sotto il profilo salutistico. Inoltre, cresce nel consumatore l'interesse per il cibo sostenibile proveniente da sistemi che, contribuendo alla mitigazione delle emissioni di CO2 e limitando lo sfruttamento delle risorse naturali, producon…
Interactive Effects of Genotype and Molybdenum Supply on Yield and Overall Fruit Quality of Tomato
2019
Molybdenum (Mo) is an essential trace element for plant growth, development, and production. However, there is little known about the function and effects of molybdenum in tomato plants. The present study assessed the influences of different Mo concentrations on four tomato F1 hybrids (“Bybal” F1, “Tyty” F1, “Paride” F1, and “Ornela” F1) grown using a soilless system with different Mo levels [0.0, 0.5 (standard NS), 2.0, and 4.0 μmol L−1, respectively]. The crop yield, plant vigor, fruit skin color, TA, fruit water content as well as the accumulation of SSC, and some antioxidant compounds such as lycopene, polyphenols and ascorbic acid were evaluated. The minerals concentration, including n…
Chemical Composition of Green Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Pods Extracts and Their Potential Exploitation as Ingredients in Nutraceutical Formulations
2021
Agro-industrial wastes contain a large number of important active compounds which can justify their use as innovative ingredients in nutraceutical products. This study aimed to provide a complete analysis of active molecules, namely (poly)phenols in pea pods water-based extracts, through a UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS methodology. Data showed that 5-caffeoylquinic acid, epicatechin, and hesperidin were the most relevant (poly)phenols found in the assayed extracts, with a mean value of 59.87, 29.46, and 19.94 mg/100 g, respectively. Furthermore, changes in antioxidant capacity and bioaccessibility of total phenolic compounds (TPC) after the simulated gastrointestinal (GI) process were performed usi…
Quality of autochthonous Sicilian plums
2015
Thirty four plum local varieties and accessions obtained from different growing area of the Sicilian island were analyzed for their qualitative and nutraceutical properties and three commercialcultivar were used as references. These properties included the fruit fresh weight (g), the pulp firmness (FFF), the total soluble solids (TSS), the titratable acidity (TA), the total anthocyanins,the phenolics content and the antioxidant activity.This preliminary study showed significantly differeces among the plums; Zuccarato giallo and Prunu Niuru presented TSS higher than the commercial cultivars (24.9 and 21.6 °Brix respectively)and interesting data obtained on the nutraceutical compounds values …
Processi tradizionali e polifenoli naturali per formaggi innovativi e nutraceutici
2018
l’aggiunta di composti antiossidanti naturali nei prodotti caseari ne aumenta il valore nutrizionale e il periodo di conservabilità
LE VESCICOLE EXTRACELLULARI VEGETALI PER LO SVILUPPO DI NUOVI NUTRACEUTICI: STUDIO PRE-CLINICO E CLINICO DELLE PROPRIETÀ BIOLOGICHE DELLE VESCICOLE I…
2021
Razionale dello studio: Le vescicole extracellulari (EVs) sono strutture lipoproteiche rilasciate dalle cellule animali e vegetali, che veicolano sostanze bioattive tra cui lipidi, proteine, acidi nucleici e altri metaboliti, rendendole più stabili e biodisponibili. EVs isolate da semi, foglie e frutti di svariate specie vegetali presentano attività anti-tumorale, anti-infiammatoria ed anti-ossidante. Metodi e Risultati: Il nostro gruppo di ricerca si occupa da anni della caratterizzazione strutturale e funzionale delle EVs da succo di limone (LEVs). Le LEVs esercitano effetti antinfiammatori sia in vitro, su linee di macrofagi murini, che ex vivo, su linfociti T, attraverso l’inibizione de…
ATTIVITÁ DI RICERCA PER LO SVILUPPO DELLA ZOOTECNIA BIOLOGICA IN SICILIA
2008
Con l’intento di contribuire allo sviluppo del settore zootecnico biologico, gli autori hanno realizzato, attività di ricerca rivolte: - allo studio della possibilità di inserire, nella razione alimentare delle bovine e delle pecore in lattazione, fonti alternative al mais e alla soia, con la finalità di superare il problema degli OGM e di ridurre il rischio di contaminazione degli alimenti con micotossine; - alla valutazione degli effetti del carico animale al pascolo, finalizzato ad una maggiore efficienza produttiva dei sistemi pascolivi destinati agli ovini; - alla individuazione dei riflessi della dieta, variabile in funzione del concentrato utilizzato e del carico al pascolo, sulla qu…