Background: Hepatitis C virus infection is a significant global health burden, which causes acute or chronic hepatitis. Acute hepatitis C is generally asymptomatic and progresses to cure, while persistent infection can ...

Tropical countries produce alarge amount of native and exotic fruit species which are potentially interested in the food industry . The nutritional and therapeutic values in this fruits are mainly due to the presence of ...

This review aims to highlight some structural fragments derived from natural products, which are present in several bioactive compounds, most of them used as drugs. In this context, are described the amino acids, purines ...

Nuts contain a vast array of phenolic compounds having important biological properties. They include substances allocated into the five major groups named phenolic acids, flavonoids, tannins, phenolic lignans, and stilbene ...

The increasing interest in tropical fruits has been observed worldwide, driven by their desirable sensory and nutritional characteristics. Lulo (Solanum quitoense L.), an exotic and native South American fruit, is predominantly ...

Late Stage Fluorination of Bioactive Molecules and Biologically-Relevant Substrates reviews how the use of these techniques on compounds with already known and relevant biological activity can provide new pharmaceutical ...

Recovery of bioactive compounds from wastes is gaining interest because they could add value  to by-products arising from, for example, the oil extraction processes. In this work, green solvent extraction (water/ethanol ...

The effect of passion fruit and buriti pulps on probiotic and starter lactic acid bacteria growth and on fermented milk (FM) was evaluated. Buriti pulp showed higher amounts of lipids, total phenolic compounds (PC), ...

Bioactive compounds in food and beverages, including fruit juices, are susceptible to degradation or oxidation during processing and storage. This vulnerability can lead to a reduction in nutritional value and overall ...