Targeting Oxidative Stress for Disease DOI Open Access
Nada Oršolić, Maja Jazvinšćak Jembrek

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 26(6), P. 2692 - 2692

Published: March 17, 2025

Oxidative stress (OS) refers to a metabolic imbalance caused by the excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and an insufficient antioxidant defense [...]

Language: Английский

Bioactive compound encapsulation: Characteristics, applications in food systems, and implications for human health DOI Creative Commons

Alieh Rezagholizade-shirvan,

Mahya Soltani, Samira Shokri

et al.

Food Chemistry X, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24, P. 101953 - 101953

Published: Nov. 2, 2024

Nanotechnology plays a pivotal role in food science, particularly the nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds, to enhance their stability, bioavailability, and therapeutic potential. This review aims provide comprehensive analysis encapsulation emphasizing characteristics, applications, implications for human health. work offers detailed comparison polymers such as sodium alginate, gum Arabic, chitosan, cellulose, pectin, shellac, xanthan gum, while also examining both conventional emerging techniques, including freeze-drying, spray-drying, extrusion, coacervation, supercritical anti-solvent drying. The contribution this lies highlighting improving system controlling release rates, maintaining bioactivity under extreme conditions, reducing lipid oxidation. Furthermore, it explores recent technological advances aimed at optimizing processes targeted therapies functional foods. findings underline significant potential not only supplements foods but supportive medical treatments, showcasing its relevance health various contexts.

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Royal Jelly: Biological Action and Health Benefits DOI Open Access
Nada Oršolić, Maja Jazvinšćak Jembrek

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(11), P. 6023 - 6023

Published: May 30, 2024

Royal jelly (RJ) is a highly nutritious natural product with great potential for use in medicine, cosmetics, and as health-promoting food. This bee mixture of important compounds, such proteins, vitamins, lipids, minerals, hormones, neurotransmitters, flavonoids, polyphenols, that underlie the remarkable biological therapeutic activities RJ. Various bioactive molecules like 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA), antibacterial protein, apisin, major royal specific peptides apisimin, royalisin, royalactin, apidaecin, defensin-1, jelleins are characteristic ingredients RJ shows numerous physiological pharmacological properties, including vasodilatory, hypotensive, antihypercholesterolaemic, antidiabetic, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, neuroprotective, antimicrobial, estrogenic, anti-allergic, anti-osteoporotic, anti-tumor effects. Moreover, may reduce menopause symptoms improve health reproductive system, liver, kidneys, promote wound healing. article provides an overview molecular mechanisms underlying beneficial effects various diseases, aging, aging-related complications, special emphasis on components their properties. The data presented should be incentive future clinical studies hopefully will advance our knowledge about facilitate development novel RJ-based opportunities improving human well-being.

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Propolis and Their Active Constituents for Chronic Diseases DOI Creative Commons
Vivek P. Chavda, Amit Z. Chaudhari, Divya Teli

et al.

Biomedicines, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(2), P. 259 - 259

Published: Jan. 18, 2023

Propolis is a mass of chemically diverse phytoconstituents with gummy textures that are naturally produced by honeybees upon collection plant resins for utilization in various life processes beehives. Since ancient times, propolis has been unique traditional remedy globally utilized several purposes, and it secured value pharmaceutical nutraceutical areas recent years. The chemical composition comprises constituents deviations the precise honeybee species, source used production bees, climate conditions harvesting season. Over 300 molecular structures have discovered from propolis, important classes include phenolic acids, flavonoids, terpenoids, benzofurans, benzopyrene chalcones. also reported to pharmacological activities, such as antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, immunomodulatory, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anticaries. As chronic diseases risen global health threat, abundant research conducted track its alternative therapies diseases. Several clinical trials revealed potency preventing curing some This review explores beneficial effect active credible mechanisms computational studies on

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Recent Advances in Cellular Signaling Interplay between Redox Metabolism and Autophagy Modulation in Cancer: An Overview of Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions DOI Creative Commons
Md. Ataur Rahman, Kazi Rejvee Ahmed,

Farzana Haque

et al.

Antioxidants, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 428 - 428

Published: Feb. 9, 2023

Autophagy is a fundamental homeostatic process in which certain cellular components are ingested by double-membrane autophagosomes and then degraded to create energy or maintain homeostasis survival. It typically observed nutrient-deprived cells as survival mechanism. However, it has also been identified crucial maintaining disease progression. Normal metabolism produces reactive oxygen (ROS) nitrogen species at low levels. increased production causes oxidative stress, can lead diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, cancer. was recently shown that redox equilibrium via autophagy critical for responses stress. little understood about the molecular cancer processes connect control of autophagy. In cells, oncogenic mutations, carcinogens, metabolic reprogramming cause ROS generation Recent studies have suggested activates pathways promote development metastasis. Moreover, relationship between programming involved malignant phenotype. Currently, while signaling events governing how affects cascades well understood, very known related this review, we focus on current knowledge modulation role further stress progression regulation. Therefore, review focuses understanding oxidation/reduction fine-tune help understand govern cancer, either leading cell death strategies

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Exploring the Prospective Role of Propolis in Modifying Aging Hallmarks DOI Creative Commons
Carla A. Scorza, V Gonçalves, Josef Finsterer

et al.

Cells, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(5), P. 390 - 390

Published: Feb. 24, 2024

Aging populations worldwide are placing age-related diseases at the forefront of research agenda. The therapeutic potential natural substances, especially propolis and its components, has led to these products being promising agents for alleviating several cellular molecular-level changes associated with diseases. With this in mind, scientists have introduced a contextual framework guide future aging research, called hallmarks aging. This encompasses various mechanisms including genomic instability, epigenetic changes, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, impaired nutrient sensing, altered intercellular communication. Propolis, rich array bioactive compounds, functions as potent functional food, modulating metabolism, gut microbiota, immune response, offering significant health benefits. Studies emphasize propolis' properties, such antitumor, cardioprotective, neuroprotective effects, well ability mitigate oxidative stress, DNA damage, pathogenic bacteria growth. article underscores current scientific evidence supporting role controlling molecular characteristics linked hallmarks, hypothesizing geroscience research. aim is discover novel strategies improve quality life older individuals, addressing existing deficits perspectives area.

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Phytochemical profile, therapeutic potentials, nutritional composition, and food applications of ginger: a comprehensive review DOI Creative Commons
Great Iruoghene Edo, Ufuoma Augustina Igbuku,

Raghda Makia

et al.

Discover Food, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

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The role of melatonin in the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis DOI Creative Commons
Keda Yang,

Xueshan Qiu,

Lili Cao

et al.

Frontiers in Pharmacology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Oct. 7, 2022

Melatonin is an important endogenous hormone that modulates homeostasis in the microenvironment. Recent studies have indicated serum melatonin levels are closely associated with occurrence and development of osteoporosis postmenopausal women. Exogenous could also improve bone mass increase skeletal strength. To determine underlying mechanisms prevention treatment osteoporosis, we performed this review to analyze role metabolism according its physiological functions. Serum related mass, measurement which a potential method for diagnosis osteoporosis. has direct effect on remodeling by promoting osteogenesis suppressing osteoclastogenesis. regulates biological rhythm tissue, benefits osteogenic effect. Additionally, participates modulation attenuates damage induced oxidative stress inflammation osteoblasts prevents osteolysis from reactive oxygen species inflammatory factors. As alternative drug can gut ecology, remodel microbiota composition, regulate substance absorption maintain metabolic balance, all beneficial health structure. In conclusion, our systematically demonstrates effects metabolism. Based evidence review, will play more diagnosis,

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Allergic Inflammation: Effect of Propolis and Its Flavonoids DOI Creative Commons
Nada Oršolić

Molecules, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 27(19), P. 6694 - 6694

Published: Oct. 8, 2022

The incidence of allergic diseases and their complications are increasing worldwide. Today, people increasingly use natural products, which has been termed a “return to nature”. Natural products with healing properties, especially those obtained from plants bees, have used in the prevention treatment numerous chronic diseases, including allergy and/or inflammation. Propolis is multi-component resin rich flavonoids, collected transformed by honeybees buds plant wounds for construction adaptation nests. This article describes current views regarding possible mechanisms multiple benefits flavonoids combating allergy-related complications. These arise flavonoid anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, wound activities effects on microbe-immune system interactions developing host responses different allergens. Finally, this presents various aspects pathobiology molecular approaches treatment. Possible antiallergic action propolis microbiota digestive respiratory tracts skin as method selectively remove allergenic molecules process bacterial biotransformation also reported.

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The Emerging Role of Autophagy as a Target of Environmental Pollutants: An Update on Mechanisms DOI Creative Commons
Md. Ataur Rahman, Md Saidur Rahman, Md. Anowar Khasru Parvez

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Toxics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(2), P. 135 - 135

Published: Jan. 30, 2023

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular system crucial for homeostasis that protects cells from a broad range of internal and extracellular stresses. decreases metabolic load toxicity by removing damaged components. Environmental contaminants, particularly industrial substances, can influence autophagic flux enhancing it as protective response, preventing it, or converting its function into pro-cell death mechanism. toxic materials are also notorious their tendency to bioaccumulate induce pathophysiological vulnerability. Many environmental pollutants have been found stress which increases autophagy. Increasing autophagy was recently shown improve resistance reduce genetic damage. Moreover, suppressing depleting resources either toxicity, depending on the circumstances. The essential process selective utilized mammalian in order eliminate particulate matter, nanoparticles, metals, smoke exposure without inflicting damage cytosolic cigarette aging chief causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-emphysema; however, disease’s molecular mechanism poorly known. Therefore, understanding impacts via offers new approaches risk assessment, protection, preventative actions will counter harmful effects contaminants human animal health.

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A review on dynamic pharmacological potency and multifaceted biological activities of propolis DOI Creative Commons
Neelam Bhatti,

Younis Ahmad Hajam,

Saresh Mushtaq

et al.

Discover Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

Abstract This review explores the therapeutic potential of propolis, a natural resin produced by bees, analyzing recent literature spanning from 2005 to 2023. Various databases including Google Scholar, Web Science, Science Direct, PubMed, SCOPUS, and WoS were searched uncover findings. Propolis exhibits diverse array pharmacological properties, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, wound-healing effects. It shows promise in treating respiratory infections, oral diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, skin conditions. Additionally, research suggests its as an anticancer agent. The also investigates efficacy propolis addressing antiviral, antibacterial, metabolic disorders (diabetes), reproductive disorder (PCOS), cardiovascular hepatotoxicity, wound healing properties propolis. Hence, could emerge remedy with significant for enhancing healthcare outcomes.

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