Protein hydrolysates have been used as active principles in cosmetic products conferring different properties to the final formulations, which are mostly controlled by the peptide size and its amino acid sequence. In this ...

In this paper, we report the study of proteinaceous binders in samples from a South American Colonial 18th century painting using two complementary mass spectrometry techniques. Before restoration, seven micro-samples were ...

Sofrito is a key component of the Mediterranean diet, a diet that is strongly associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular events. In this study, different Mediterranean sofritos were analysed for their content of ...

Glechon spathulata Bentham, belonging to the Lamiaceae family, is known as manjerona-do-campo, has its leaves used popularly as culinary flavoring, diaphoretic, stomachic in dyspepsia, antiseptic and expectorant in catarrhal ...

Even though many sequences and structures of bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria have been fully characterized so far, little information is currently available about bacteriocins heterologously produced by Escherichia ...