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Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-01915-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users., Purpose: The recognized biological properties of Ginkgo biloba extracts potentiate their utilization as an ingredient for functional foods. However, the digestive conditions can affect the chemical composition of the extracts and consequently their biological properties, which can lead to food safety problems. Thus, the impact of in vitro-simulated upper gastrointestinal tract digestion on the chemical composition and bioactivity of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract (GBE) was evaluated. Methods: Physicochemical conditions of human digestion were simulated in vitro, and its impact on the chemical composition of GBE was investigated by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. The persistence of bioactivity was investigated by subjecting GBE and the in vitro digested extract (DGBE) to the same methodology. Antioxidant properties were assessed using 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein diacetate to measure the intracellular oxidation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells pre-incubated with GBE or DGBE and exposed to H2O2. Antigenotoxicity was tested by comet assay in HT-29 colon cancer cells pre-incubated with GBE or DGBE and challenged with H2O2. Results: The chemical analysis revealed a considerable change in chemical composition upon digestion. Pre-incubation with GBE or DGBE attenuated the H2O2-imposed intracellular oxidation in wild-type S. pombe cells, unlike the oxidative stress response-affected mutants sty1 and pap1, and decreased H2O2-induced DNA damage in HT-29 cells. The extracts did not induce toxicity in these eukaryotic models. Conclusion: The chemical composition of GBE was affected by in vitro digestion, but the antioxidant and antigenotoxic activities persisted. Therefore, G. biloba extract may be suitable for use as food additive and contribute to a healthy colon., This work is supported by European Investment Funds by FEDER/COMPETE/POCI—Operational Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme, under Project POCI-01-0145- FEDER-006958 and National Funds by FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UID/AGR/04033/2019. This work has also been funded by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia for Centre of Chemistry (UID/QUI/00686/2013 and UID/QUI/0686/2016)., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were immobilized on cotton textile substrates to produce self-cleaning textiles. Varying number of layers of RGO andTiO(2) nanoparticles were coated by a facile method, and their photocatalytic potential was evaluated by measuring the degradation rate of rhodamine B (Rh-B) in an aqueous solution in a photoreactor under simulated solar irradiation. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and zeta potential measurements of starting materials were studied as they are crucial for innovative methods of functionalization. The study confirms that it is possible to ensure a good adhesion of nanoparticles on textile samples without the use of a resin. The application of varying number of RGO and TiO2 coatings has influence on photocatalytic properties of functionalized cotton textile substrates. The energy band gap of the samples reduces from 3.25 to -3.20 eV with the number of RGO coatings. All five de-ethylated intermediates of Rh-B during the photocatalytic degradation were identified using a high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method. The experimental results show that, in general, the higher the number of RGO coatings is, the higher the photocatalytic efficiency (eta) of the functionalized substrate is (eta= 87% for three RGO coatings on TiO2)., S. Landi Jr. expresses his gratitude to the Brazilian Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) for sporting his Doctoral Fellowship performed in Physics Centre at University of Minho. J. Molina wishes to thank the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (contract CTM2011-23583) for the financial support. Moreover, the authors still want to thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for its contribution in financial support of this research work., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion