7 results on '"Teixeira, José António"'
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2. Phenolic composition, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties
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Coelho, Marta, Silva, Sara, Costa, Eduardo, Pereira, Ricardo N., Rodrigues, António Sebastião, Teixeira, José António, Pintado, Manuela, Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), and NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
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Organic Chemistry ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Conventional methods ,Phenolic compounds ,Analytical Chemistry ,Anthocyanins ,Biological properties ,Antioxidant activity ,Grape by-products ,Ohmic heating ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,Drug Discovery ,Molecular Medicine ,Antimicrobial ,SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - Abstract
Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by “MultiBiorefinery: Estratégias multiuso para a valorização de uma gama alargada de subprodutos agroflorestais e das pescas: Um passo em frente na criação de uma biorrefinaria” financiado pelo Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403) e pelo Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa(LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-016403), na sua componente FEDER e pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. na componente nacional (SAICTPAC/0040/2015). Funding Information: Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank “MultiBiorefinery: Estratégias multiuso para a valorização de uma gama alargada de subprodutos agroflorestais e das pescas: Um passo em frente na criação de uma biorrefinaria” financiado pelo Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403) e pelo Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-016403), na sua componente FEDER e pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. na componente nacional (SAICTPAC/0040/2015). The authors would also like to thank the scientific collaboration under the FCT project UID/Multi/50016/2019, UID-BIM-00009-2020, and UID/BIO/04469/2020. The author Marta Coelho would like to acknowledge FCT for your PhD grant with the reference [grant number SFRH/BD/111884/2015]. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. Usually, wine-making by-products are discarded, presenting a significant environmental impact. However, they can be used as a source of bioactive compounds. Moreover, consumers’ increasing demand for naturally nutritious and healthy products requires new formulations and food product improvement, together with sustainable, environmentally friendly extraction methods. Thus, this work aimed to compare ohmic heating (OH) with conventional methodology (CONV), using food-grade solvents, mainly water, compared to standard methanol extraction of anthocyanins. No significant differences were found between the CONV and OH for total phenolic compounds, which were 2.84 ± 0.037 and 3.28 ± 0.46 mg/g DW gallic acid equivalent, respectively. The same tendency was found for antioxidant capacity, where CONV and OH presented values of 2.02 ± 0.007 g/100 g and 2.34 ± 0.066 g/100 g ascorbic acid equivalent, respectively. The major anthocyanins identified were malvidin-3-O-acetylglucoside, delphinidin-3-O-glucoside, petunidine-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, and peonidine-3-O-glucoside. These extracts displayed antimicrobial potential against microorganisms such as Yersinia enterocolitica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enteritidis, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, a methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA), and Bacillus cereus. In conclusion, OH provides similar recovery yields with reduced treatment times, less energy consumption, and no need for organic solvents (green extraction routes). Thus, OH combined with water and citric acid allows a safe anthocyanin extraction from grape by-products, thus avoiding the use of toxic solvents such as methanol, and with high biological potential, including antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. publishersversion published
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- 2021
3. Novel Bio-Functional Aloe vera Beverages Fermented by Probiotic Enterococcus faecium and Lactobacillus lactis.
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Cuvas-Limón, Ruth B., Ferreira-Santos, Pedro, Cruz, Mario, Teixeira, José António, Belmares, Ruth, and Nobre, Clarisse
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FUNCTIONAL beverages ,ENTEROCOCCUS faecium ,ALOE vera ,ENTEROCOCCUS ,SHORT-chain fatty acids ,PROBIOTICS ,LACTOCOCCUS lactis ,LACTOBACILLUS - Abstract
Aloe vera has been medicinally used for centuries. Its bioactive compounds have been shown to be very effective in the treatment of numerous diseases. In this work, a novel functional beverage was developed and characterized to combine the health benefits of probiotic bacteria with the Aloe vera plant itself. Two Aloe vera juices were obtained by fermentation either by a novel isolated Enterococcus faecium or a commercial Lactococcus lactis. The extraction of Aloe vera biocompounds for further fermentation was optimized. Extraction with water plus cellulase enhanced the carbohydrates and phenolic compounds in the obtained extracts. The biotransformation of the bioactive compounds from the extracts during fermentation was assessed. Both probiotic bacteria were able to grow on the Aloe vera extract. Lactic acid and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) together with fourteen individual phenolic compounds were quantified in the produced Aloe vera juice, mainly epicatechin, aloin, ellagic acid, and hesperidin. The amount of total phenolic compounds was maintained through fermentation. The antioxidant activity was significantly increased in the produced juice by the ABTS method. The novel produced Aloe vera juice showed great potential as a functional beverage containing probiotics, prebiotics, SCFA, and phenolic compounds in its final composition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. Storage Stability of Spray Dried Nigella Sativa (Ranunculaceae family) Instant Beverage Powder: Effect of Carrier Agents on the Physicochemical, Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Properties.
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VARASTEGANI, BOSHRA, LUBOWA, MUHAMMAD, TEIXEIRA, JOSÉ ANTÓNIO, and EASA, AZHAR MAT
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BLACK cumin ,SPRAY drying ,PHENOLS ,RANUNCULACEAE ,POWDERS - Abstract
The study assessed the effect of carrier agent's maltodextrin and gum Arabic on the storage stability of spray dried Nigella sativa powder packed in low-density polyethylene bags and stored at maximum 4°C for up to 12 months. At 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months intervals the samples were assessed for changes in caffeine content, moisture content, water activity, colour, solubility capacity, bulk density, and antioxidants activity as total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC). After 12 months storage, a 61-68% loss in TPC and TFC was observed and anti-oxidant activity had reduced by 70%-72%. Overall, water activity and moisture content increased with a decrease in total antioxidant activity, accompanied by a significant decrease in caffeine content. No significant changes were observed in solubility capacity and bulk density of N. sativa powder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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5. Chemical Characterization of Sambucus nigra L. Flowers Aqueous Extract and Its Biological Implications.
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Ferreira-Santos, Pedro, Badim, Helder, Salvador, Ângelo C., Silvestre, Armando J. D., Santos, Sónia A. O., Rocha, Sílvia M., Sousa, Ana M., Pereira, Maria Olívia, Wilson, Cristina Pereira, Rocha, Cristina M. R., Teixeira, José António, and Botelho, Cláudia M.
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CHLOROGENIC acid ,PHENOLS ,EXTRACTS ,GRAM-positive bacteria ,COLON cancer ,ACID derivatives - Abstract
The main goal of this study was to chemically characterize an aqueous S. nigra flower extract and validate it as a bioactive agent. The elderflower aqueous extraction was performed at different temperatures (50, 70 and 90 °C). The extract obtained at 90 °C exhibited the highest phenolic content and antiradical activity. Therefore, this extract was analyzed by GC-MS and HPLC-MS, which allowed the identification of 46 compounds, being quercetin and chlorogenic acid derivatives representative of 86% of the total of phenolic compounds identified in hydrophilic fraction of the aqueous extract. Naringenin (27.2%) was the major compound present in the lipophilic fraction. The antiproliferative effects of the S. nigra extract were evaluated using the colon cancer cell lines RKO, HCT-116, Caco-2 and the extract's antigenotoxic potential was evaluated by the Comet assay in RKO cells. The RKO cells were the most susceptible to S. nigra flower extract (IC
50 = 1250 µg mL−1 ). Moreover, the extract showed antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis. These results show that S. nigra-based extracts can be an important dietary source of bioactive phenolic compounds that contribute to health-span improving life quality, demonstrating their potential as nutraceutical, functional foods and/or cosmetic components for therapeutic purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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6. Anthocyanin Recovery from Grape by-Products by Combining Ohmic Heating with Food-Grade Solvents: Phenolic Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties.
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Coelho, Marta, Silva, Sara, Costa, Eduardo, Pereira, Ricardo N., Rodrigues, António Sebastião, Teixeira, José António, and Pintado, Manuela
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RESISTANCE heating ,ANTHOCYANINS ,GALLIC acid ,GRAPES ,ORGANIC solvents ,YERSINIA enterocolitica ,BIOACTIVE compounds - Abstract
Usually, wine-making by-products are discarded, presenting a significant environmental impact. However, they can be used as a source of bioactive compounds. Moreover, consumers' increasing demand for naturally nutritious and healthy products requires new formulations and food product improvement, together with sustainable, environmentally friendly extraction methods. Thus, this work aimed to compare ohmic heating (OH) with conventional methodology (CONV), using food-grade solvents, mainly water, compared to standard methanol extraction of anthocyanins. No significant differences were found between the CONV and OH for total phenolic compounds, which were 2.84 ± 0.037 and 3.28 ± 0.46 mg/g DW gallic acid equivalent, respectively. The same tendency was found for antioxidant capacity, where CONV and OH presented values of 2.02 ± 0.007 g/100 g and 2.34 ± 0.066 g/100 g ascorbic acid equivalent, respectively. The major anthocyanins identified were malvidin-3-O-acetylglucoside, delphinidin-3-O-glucoside, petunidine-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, and peonidine-3-O-glucoside. These extracts displayed antimicrobial potential against microorganisms such as Yersinia enterocolitica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enteritidis, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, a methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA), and Bacillus cereus. In conclusion, OH provides similar recovery yields with reduced treatment times, less energy consumption, and no need for organic solvents (green extraction routes). Thus, OH combined with water and citric acid allows a safe anthocyanin extraction from grape by-products, thus avoiding the use of toxic solvents such as methanol, and with high biological potential, including antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Encapsulated Pine Bark Polyphenolic Extract during Gastrointestinal Digestion: Bioaccessibility, Bioactivity and Oxidative Stress Prevention.
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Ferreira-Santos, Pedro, Ibarz, Raquel, Fernandes, Jean-Michel, Pinheiro, Ana Cristina, Botelho, Cláudia, Rocha, Cristina M. R., Teixeira, José António, Martín-Belloso, Olga, and Conte, Angela
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FOOD preservatives ,MALTODEXTRIN ,OXIDATIVE stress ,LISTERIA innocua ,DIGESTION ,PHENOLS ,FERMENTED foods ,THYMES - Abstract
Polyphenolic extracts from pine bark have reported different biological actions and promising beneficial effects on human health. However, its susceptibility to environmental stresses (temperature, storage, etc.) and physiological human conditions prequires the development of efficient protection mechanisms to allow effective delivering of functionality. The aim of this work was to encapsulate pine bark extract rich phenolic compounds by spray-drying using maltodextrin, and understand the influence of encapsulation on the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity and bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds during gastrointestinal digestion. The optimized process conditions allowed good encapsulation efficiency of antioxidant phenolic compounds. The microencapsulation was effective in protecting those compounds during gastrointestinal conditions, controlling their delivery and enhancing its health benefits, decreasing the production of reactive oxygen species implicated in the process of oxidative stress associated with some pathologies. Finally, this encapsulation system was able to protect these extracts against acidic matrices, making the system suitable for the nutritional enrichment of fermented foods or fruit-based beverages, providing them antimicrobial protection, because the encapsulated extract was effective against Listeria innocua. Overall, the designed system allowed protecting and appropriately delivering the active compounds, and may find potential application as a natural preservative and/or antioxidant in food formulations or as bioactive ingredient with controlled delivery in pharmaceuticals or nutraceuticals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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