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Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum INIA P815: The first bacterium able to produce urolithins A and B from ellagic acid 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.040 2018-04-06 Urolithins are microbial metabolites derived from ellagic acid by the action of intestinal bacterial. Potential beneficial effects of urolithins A and B on certain types of cancer and on muscular health during aging have been demonstrated. In this work, uroli...
Soyasaponin Ab protects against oxidative stress in HepG2 cells via Nrf2/HO-1/NQO1 signaling pathways 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.037 2018-04-06 Soyasaponin Ab (SA) is a typical oleanane triterpene saponin isolated from soybean and represents effects of antioxidation and anti-inflammation. In this study, we found the expressions of some phase II detoxifying enzymes were stimulated by SA via the signal...
Lactobacilli and lactoferrin: Biotherapeutic effects for vaginal health 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.033 2018-03-30 Protective human vaginal microbiota is characterized by several microbial strains, mainly members of Lactobacillus genus. During vaginal infections, the balance among these strains is altered producing opportunistic or pathogenic bacteria overgrowth. Antibiot...
Supplementation with grape pomace in healthy women: Changes in biochemical parameters, gut microbiota and related metabolic biomarkers 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.031 2018-03-30 This paper reports a comprehensive pilot study of the effects of dietary supplementation with grape pomace (GP) in humans. After an initial washout period, the diet of 10 healthy women was supplemented with a dairy amount of 1.4 g of a red Grape Pomace (GP) e...
Holybasil (tulsi) lowers fasting glucose and improved lipid profile in adults with metabolic disease: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.030 2018-03-30 Objective To examine the effect of holy basil (tulsi) on metabolic syndrome parameters. Methods Electronic database searches using relevant MeSH, free text terms and manual searches of the key references was performed up to August 2017. Study quality was eval...
Polyphenol-rich peach (Prunus persica L.) by-product exerts a greater beneficial effect than dietary fiber-rich by-product on insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in obese rats 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.010 2018-03-30 Peach juice by-product (PJBP) can prevent complications of obesity due to its high content of polyphenols and dietary fiber. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a polyphenol-rich (PR-PJBP) and a dietary fiber-rich (DFR-PJBP) peach juice by-product on i...
Ginsenosides Rg5 and Rk1, the skin-whitening agents in black ginseng 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.036 2018-03-30 Ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) is widely used to treat various chronic disorders. Black ginseng is obtained by repeated steaming and drying of raw ginseng, which turn it black and convert the ginsenoside compounds present into more potent bioactive ingredients...
Functional polysaccharide Lentinan suppresses human breast cancer growth via inducing autophagy and caspase-7-mediated apoptosis 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.024 2018-03-30 The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct antitumor activity of edible fungal polysaccharide Lentinan, rather than as a host defence potentiator, on human breast cancer and investigate its underlying mechanisms. The present results revealed that there ...
Panax notoginseng polysaccharide increases stress resistance and extends lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.034 2018-03-29 Panax notoginseng is Traditional Chinese medicine and also a China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approved food additive. In present study, we used Caenorhabditis elegans model to illustrate stress resistance and lifespan extension effect of a polysaccha...
Canavalia gladiata and Arctium lappa extracts ameliorate dextran sulphate sodium-induced inflammatory bowel disease by enhancing immune responses 10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.018 2018-03-29 Canavalia gladiata (C. gladiata) and Arctium lappa (A. lappa), used in traditional medicine and food. However, their preventive effects in dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain unclear. We found that the C. gladiata and...

Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum INIA P815: The first bacterium able to produce urolithins A and B from ellagic acid

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.040

2018-04-06

Urolithins are microbial metabolites derived from ellagic acid by the action of intestinal bacterial. Potential beneficial effects of urolithins A and B on certain types of cancer and on muscular health during aging have been demonstrated. In this work, uroli...

Soyasaponin Ab protects against oxidative stress in HepG2 cells via Nrf2/HO-1/NQO1 signaling pathways

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.037

2018-04-06

Soyasaponin Ab (SA) is a typical oleanane triterpene saponin isolated from soybean and represents effects of antioxidation and anti-inflammation. In this study, we found the expressions of some phase II detoxifying enzymes were stimulated by SA via the signal...

Lactobacilli and lactoferrin: Biotherapeutic effects for vaginal health

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.033

2018-03-30

Protective human vaginal microbiota is characterized by several microbial strains, mainly members of Lactobacillus genus. During vaginal infections, the balance among these strains is altered producing opportunistic or pathogenic bacteria overgrowth. Antibiot...

Supplementation with grape pomace in healthy women: Changes in biochemical parameters, gut microbiota and related metabolic biomarkers

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.031

2018-03-30

This paper reports a comprehensive pilot study of the effects of dietary supplementation with grape pomace (GP) in humans. After an initial washout period, the diet of 10 healthy women was supplemented with a dairy amount of 1.4 g of a red Grape Pomace (GP) e...

Holybasil (tulsi) lowers fasting glucose and improved lipid profile in adults with metabolic disease: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.030

2018-03-30

Objective To examine the effect of holy basil (tulsi) on metabolic syndrome parameters. Methods Electronic database searches using relevant MeSH, free text terms and manual searches of the key references was performed up to August 2017. Study quality was eval...

Polyphenol-rich peach (Prunus persica L.) by-product exerts a greater beneficial effect than dietary fiber-rich by-product on insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in obese rats

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.010

2018-03-30

Peach juice by-product (PJBP) can prevent complications of obesity due to its high content of polyphenols and dietary fiber. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a polyphenol-rich (PR-PJBP) and a dietary fiber-rich (DFR-PJBP) peach juice by-product on i...

Ginsenosides Rg5 and Rk1, the skin-whitening agents in black ginseng

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.036

2018-03-30

Ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) is widely used to treat various chronic disorders. Black ginseng is obtained by repeated steaming and drying of raw ginseng, which turn it black and convert the ginsenoside compounds present into more potent bioactive ingredients...

Functional polysaccharide Lentinan suppresses human breast cancer growth via inducing autophagy and caspase-7-mediated apoptosis

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.024

2018-03-30

The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct antitumor activity of edible fungal polysaccharide Lentinan, rather than as a host defence potentiator, on human breast cancer and investigate its underlying mechanisms. The present results revealed that there ...

Panax notoginseng polysaccharide increases stress resistance and extends lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.034

2018-03-29

Panax notoginseng is Traditional Chinese medicine and also a China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approved food additive. In present study, we used Caenorhabditis elegans model to illustrate stress resistance and lifespan extension effect of a polysaccha...

Canavalia gladiata and Arctium lappa extracts ameliorate dextran sulphate sodium-induced inflammatory bowel disease by enhancing immune responses

10.1016/j.jff.2018.03.018

2018-03-29

Canavalia gladiata (C. gladiata) and Arctium lappa (A. lappa), used in traditional medicine and food. However, their preventive effects in dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain unclear. We found that the C. gladiata and...