Investigating the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on the composition and ultrastructure of green leafy vegetables with important nutritional values

2020 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 342-351
Author(s):  
Ocsana Opriș ◽  
Ildikó Lung ◽  
Maria-Loredana Soran ◽  
Alexandra Ciorîță ◽  
Lucian Copolovici
Keyword(s):  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Nutritional Values ◽  
Green Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

scholarly journals Dietary Fibre and Micronutrient Potential of Underutilized Green Leafy Vegetable Sprinkles on Selected Foods

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1391-1396
Author(s):  
B.A. Babayemi ◽  
O.T. Adepoju
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Fibre ◽  
Solanum Nigrum ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Nutritional Values ◽  
Green Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Zn Content ◽  
Solanum Nigrum L ◽  
Total Dietary Fibre ◽  
Starchy Foods ◽  
Dietary Modifications

Considering the rural poor in developing countries like Nigeria, diets that are deficient in dietary fibre and micronutrients are common. Food  diversification or dietary modifications such as increased consumption of vegetables may solve the problem. This study assessed the dietary fibre and micronutrient levels of selected starchy foods (jollof rice and yam porridge) using three underutilized green leafy vegetables, namely, Ebolo (Crassocephalum crepidiodes), Odu (Solanum nigrum L), and Yanrin (Launaea teracifolia L) as sprinkles. Fresh samples of Crassocephalum crepidioides, Solanum nigrum L, and Launaea teracifolia were purchased from Ota market. The leafy parts of the vegetables were washed, cut, oven-dried at 90°C for 6 h and pulverized. Jollof rice and porridge were cooked and 2g each of dried ebolo, odu and yanrin were sprinkled on 100g of each food and stirred thoroughly. Total dietary fibre, as well as iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) content of the resultant diets, were determined using standard methods. The highest total dietary fibre of 8.45% was obtained in jollof rice sprinkled with Yanrin. Zn (31.75mg/kg) was highest in jollof rice sprinkled with Yanrin, and Fe (87.75mg/kg) in porridge sprinkled with Ebolo. The underutilized vegetables added more nutritional values to jollof rice and yam porridge as Ebolo, Yanrin and Odu were sprinkled on them. Keywords: Underutilized vegetables, dietary fibre, micronutrient, zinc, iron

Exploring the phytochemical and nutraceutical potentials of dasapatrachurnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasajna Nadella ◽  
Daniel Hernandez-Baltazar ◽  
John Sushma Nannepaga ◽  
Balamani Venkata Annapurna Gorthi ◽  
Daniel Martinez-Fong
Keyword(s):  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Inflammatory Activity ◽  
Diffusion Method ◽  
Bacteriostatic Activity ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Cell Viability Assay ◽  
Green Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Viability Assay ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

AbstractBackgroundDasapatrachurnam (DPC), a multicurative powder prepared from the leaves of 10 green leafy vegetables, was developed recently with known ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological significance. However, its functional role in curing a disease is not yet scientifically proven. The present study aims at performing the phytochemical screening of DPC and exploring its possible activity as bacteriostatic, antineoplastic and anti-inflammatory.MethodsWe performed qualitative and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to find out the presence of active compounds and tested the bacteriostatic activity in four bacterial strains namely Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus by agar well diffusion method. We further explored the antineoplastic activity in vitro in C6 and HEK293 cell lines by cell viability assay and the anti-inflammatory activity in the ovalbumin-induced inflammation in male Wistar rats.ResultsDPC showed 60% solubility in PBS and showed the presence of flavonoids and glycosides. FTIR results indicated the presence of alkyl, ketone and aldehyde groups. The bacteriostatic activity of DPC was higher (60%) in E.coli and lower (8%) in S.aureus, when compared to streptomycin. The anti-cancerous activity of DPC in C6 and HEK293 cancer cells was similar to their respective positive controls, curcumin and camptothecin. The anti-inflammatory activity of DPC was more evident with local administration in all the parameters studied in brain hippocampus, kidney, liver and spleen in ovalbumin-induced rats.ConclusionOur results, for the first time, suggest the potentiality of the DPC in treating bacterial diseases, cancer and also inflammation. Our results also suggest the possible therapeutic role of DPC in treating chronic kidney disease.

scholarly journals Kinetics of Moisture Loss during Dehydration of Drum Stick Leaves (Moringa Oliefera) In a Bio-Mass Tray Dryer

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2937-2941
Keyword(s):  
Wire Mesh ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Moisture Loss ◽  
Polynomial Equations ◽  
Nutritional Values ◽  
Green Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Standard Value ◽  
Heat Requirements ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
Kinetics Of

Studies were conducted on a newly developed bio-mass dryer installed with wire mesh tray with natural convection. Drum stick leaves were dehydrated using agri-waste as fuel for the dryer. Agriculture fields generate lot of waste in the form of fodder, leaves, sticks and roots, etc, It has been a major problem of pollution when farmers put these waste materials on to fire. The dryer is made of bricks to suit the drying temperatures of foods. Dryer is designed to generate temperature of the order of 50 – 100 deg C to suit the heat requirements of most of the vegetables, especially for green leafy vegetables. This paper reports the data collected during the dehydration of drum stick leaves and data analyses on kinetics of moisture changes. Nutritional values are measured and reported. Data of moisture loss is modeled using exponential and polynomial equations. The highest R square values are obtained with polynomial kinetic model. The moisture rate is maintained below the standard value in all the experimentation.

Polyphenols from Cymbopogon citratus inhibit iNOS expression and NO production – a promising source of new anti-inflammatory drugs

Planta Medica ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
V Francisco ◽  
A Figueirinha ◽  
B Neves ◽  
C Garcia-Rodriguez ◽  
M Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inos Expression ◽  
No Production ◽  
Cymbopogon Citratus ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Promising Source

Heparin and proteoglycans as anti-inflammatory drugs

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 56-59
Author(s):  
D. J. Tyrrell ◽  
C. P. Page
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Therapeutic Applications ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

SummaryEvidence continues to accumulate that the pleiotropic nature of heparin (beyond its anticoagulant potency) includes anti-inflammatory activities at a number of levels. It is clear that drugs exploiting these anti-inflammatory activities of heparin may offer exciting new therapeutic applications to the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory diseases.

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