Antioxidant And Phenolic Compounds In Sweet Potato Peels and Leaves: Food Applications And Health Benefits
Ana Anastácio (PhD)
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The use of plants and their isolated compounds in type 2 diabetes control
Ricardo Nunes (PhD)
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Portuguese plants and fruits - Their medicinal properties and applications in nutraceutical (biodegradable films preparation for food packaging) industries
Vahid Farzaneh (PhD)
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Research work on sweet potato at the FSLab is focused on the valorisation of its wastes, as peels and leaves, into antioxidant functional ingredients and foods. New types of food products with several health-promoting functions in humans based on sweet potato...
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Diabetes is a condition that affects millions of people throughout the world and has an enormous impact on the costs that the national health systems need to support. While there is no known method to prevent type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes can prevent...
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The antioxidant agents of the plants and super fruits can react with the biologically harmful free radicals generated by oxidative and lipid peroxidation reactions in cells. The potentials health benefits of the medicinal plants and super...
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Use of Plant Extracts and their Bioactive Compounds in Active Seafood Packaging
Vessa Kola (Master)
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Salicylic acid induces alleviation of harmful effects of salt stress in the faba bean (Vicia faba L.): agro-physiological, biochemical and photosynthetic characterization
Fatima ANAYA (PhD) |
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Seaweeds
Rathinam Raja (Post Doc)
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The increased global market trend for food packaging is imposing new improved methods for the extension of shelf-life and quality of food products. Active packaging, which is based on the incorporation of additives into packaging materials, is becoming significant for this purpose.
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Salinity is one of the main factors that increasingly limit agricultural production in the world and in particular in the arid and semi-arid zones of the planet. Salt stress directly affects several physiological processes of plants, causing the decrease of their growth...
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Edible seaweeds contains biologically active compounds with potential application in functional food and nutraceuticals. The present study is set to investigate the antidiabetic, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of edible seaweeds of Portuguese...
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