scholarly journals A comprehensive review on the nutritional and therapeutical aspects of Stevia rebaudiana bertoni

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 297-301
Author(s):  
Escutia-Lopez Karina Nathalie ◽  
Sanchez Pardo Ma Elena ◽  
Rosalva Mora Escobedo
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Dental Cavities

In late years there has been an increase of scientific evidence that supports the use of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (S. rebaudiana) as an alternative to sucrose and artificial sweeteners. In addition to its utility in different industries, S.rebaudiana contains various chemical components with potential benefits for human health such as polyphenols, chlorophylls, carotenoids, among others, which can be extracted for the production of nutraceuticals and functional foods. So far no adverse effects on human health have been proven after ingestion and favorable results have been documented when S.rebaudiana or its derivates are included in treatments against diabetes, certain types of cancer, glucose intolerance, obesity, dental cavities, among others. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the clinical, chemical and biochemical literature that presents evidence of the beneficial role of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni and its metabolites in health promotion properties, as well as its relevance in the pharmaceutical and food industries

scholarly journals Probiotic: An Uprising Human Health Concept

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amishi Bhatt ◽  
Dhyey Kothari ◽  
Charmy Kothari ◽  
Ramesh Kothari
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
Agricultural Applications ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Metabolic Activities

Most of our gut microbiota live with us in a mutually beneficial life-long relationship. The gut microbiota plays a vital role in the host’s overall health through its metabolic activities. Human microbiota might be supported by consuming friendly bacteria (probiotics) and consuming foods to improve the microbiota (prebiotics). During the last two decades, probiotics’ interest has increased with rising scientific shreds of evidence of benefits on human health. Hence, they have been exploited as various food products, mainly fermented foods. Probiotics as a treatment modality may restore normal microbiota and functioning of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Strong scientific evidence is associating these bacteria with the prevention and therapy of various GI disorders. (In light of the ongoing trend of probiotics, further research is needed to obtain the perspective of potential applications for better health. Probiotic applications have been extended from health applications to food and agricultural applications. The benefits of probiotics led to its applications in probiotic ‘health food’ industries and agricultural sectors.

scholarly journals Dietary Bioactive Compounds and Human Health and Disease

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia González
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Nutritional Compounds ◽  
Dietary Bioactive Compounds

In the last century, solid scientific evidence has demonstrated the role of nutritional compounds in the maintenance of health [...]

Recent Evidence on the Role of Dietary PUFAs in Cancer Development and Prevention

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (16) ◽  
pp. 1818-1836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo D`Archivio ◽  
Beatrice Scazzocchio ◽  
Rosaria Vari ◽  
Carmela Santangelo ◽  
Claudio Giovannini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Tumor Subtypes ◽  
Human Cancers ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Risk Of Cancer

Background: Scientific evidence has been accumulated about the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on human health. The hypothesis that n-3 PUFAs might improve the efficiency of anticancer drugs has recently been considered. The role of n-6 PUFAs, in contrast, needs to be better assessed. However, the effective mechanisms of action of PUFAs have not been fully clarified yet. This review aims to report the most updated evidence on the role of n-6 and n-3 PUFAs in the development and treatment of human cancers, focusing on the potential mechanisms by which PUFAs exert their effects. Methods: We undertook a structured search in PubMed on February 17th 2017 for peer-reviewed research articles published from 2013. The search syntax used was: PUFA or PUFAs and cancer. Results: Contradictory results were found, most likely due to the genetic background, the different dietary sources used, the interaction among different nutrients, and the tumor subtypes. However, the more recent findings strongly support the use of n-3 PUFAs in cancer prevention and treatment. On the other hand, n-6 PUFAs are often associated with an increased risk of cancer, even if recently their beneficial effects have also been highlighted. Conclusion: N-3 PUFAs may represent a potential therapeutic agent contributing to treat at least some type of human cancers. However, studies with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up times are still needed. To increase the knowledge about how food and nutrition can improve human health it is advisable to deliver an open access nutritional database.

scholarly journals Preventive and Therapeutic Role of Functional Ingredients of Barley Grass for Chronic Diseases in Human Beings

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yawen Zeng ◽  
Xiaoying Pu ◽  
Jiazhen Yang ◽  
Juan Du ◽  
Xiaomeng Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Therapeutic Role ◽  
Functional Ingredients

Barley grass powder is the best functional food that provides nutrition and eliminates toxins from cells in human beings; however, its functional ingredients have played an important role as health benefit. In order to better cognize the preventive and therapeutic role of barley grass for chronic diseases, we carried out the systematic strategies for functional ingredients of barley grass, based on the comprehensive databases, especially the PubMed, Baidu, ISI Web of Science, and CNKI, between 2008 and 2017. Barley grass is rich in functional ingredients, such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), flavonoids, saponarin, lutonarin, superoxide dismutase (SOD), K, Ca, Se, tryptophan, chlorophyll, vitamins (A, B1, C, and E), dietary fiber, polysaccharide, alkaloid, metallothioneins, and polyphenols. Barley grass promotes sleep; has antidiabetic effect; regulates blood pressure; enhances immunity; protects liver; has anti-acne/detoxifying and antidepressant effects; improves gastrointestinal function; has anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hypolipidemic, and antigout effects; reduces hyperuricemia; prevents hypoxia, cardiovascular diseases, fatigue, and constipation; alleviates atopic dermatitis; is a calcium supplement; improves cognition; and so on. These results support that barley grass may be one of the best functional foods for preventive chronic diseases and the best raw material of modern diet structure in promoting the development of large health industry and further reveal that GABA, flavonoids, SOD, K-Ca, vitamins, and tryptophan mechanism of barley grass have preventive and therapeutic role for chronic diseases. This paper can be used as a scientific evidence for developing functional foods and novel drugs for barley grass for preventive chronic diseases.

scholarly journals Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds: A Review of Its Possible Role on Weight Management and Obesity’s Metabolic Consequences

Medicines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melina Konstantinidi ◽  
Antonios E. Koutelidakis
Keyword(s):  
Weight Management ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Lipid Absorption ◽  
Beta Oxidation ◽  
Balanced Diet

Background: Weight management and obesity prevention is a basic aim of health organizations in order to decrease the prevalence of various metabolic disorders. The aim of the present review article was the evaluation of the possible role of functional foods and their bioactive compounds as alternative way to promote weight management and prevent obesity and its metabolic consequences. Methods: Approximately 100 articles were selected from Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct, by using relative key words, and based mainly on recent animal, clinical or epidemiological studies. Results: The literature review highlighted the possible effect of specific functional foods such as coffee, green tea, berries, nuts, olive oil, pomegranate, avocado, and ginger. Specific bioactive compounds of those foods—such as caffeine, catechins, gallic acid, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, polyphenols, oleuropein, capsaicin, and quercetin—may contribute to weight management, obesity prevention, and obesity’s metabolic consequences. The possible mechanisms include effect on satiety, lipid absorption, fatty acids beta oxidation, stimulation of thermogenesis, etc. Conclusions: Functional foods, as part of a balanced diet, could be useful in the direction of weight management and decrease of obesity’s’ metabolic consequences. However, the scientific evidence is unclear and in most cases controversial and more clinical and epidemiological studies are needed in order to further investigate the mechanisms of their possible effect.

scholarly journals POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF INDIAN SPICES ON HUMAN HEALTH: A REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhu . ◽  
Neetu Singh
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Blood Sugar ◽  
Tissue Damage ◽  
Vascular Diseases ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Cardio Vascular ◽  
Active Substances

apply plant remedy for centuries, but only currently have scientist begun to the study powers of general herbs and spices. In the present set-up, the anti-proliferative, anti-hypercholesterolemia, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory effects of spices are dominant importance, as the key health hesitation of mankind. Some disease as like diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, arthritis and cancer are more prevalence diseases. Spices and their active substances which is used as possible preventive agents for health disorders. Spices are a good sources of antioxidants, and scientific studies suggest that they are also effective inhibitors of tissue damage and inflammation caused by high levels of blood sugar and circulating lipids. Because spices are mostly low calorie providing and are relatively inexpensive also, they are reliable sources of antioxidants and other potential bioactive compounds in diet. In this review, overall the role of few more important spices which are used in the Indian dishes for its flavor and taste their potential uses as a medicine to maintain a health.

scholarly journals The Role of Growth Regulators in The Multiplication of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni Shoot and Callus Induction in Vitro

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Zainab Hamed Abdul Rahim ◽  
Lamia Khalifa Jawad
Keyword(s):  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Callus Induction ◽  
Callus Tissue ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni ◽  
Wet Weight ◽  
Vegetative Multiplication

The research was conducted to investigate the effect of plant growth regulators on the vegetative multiplication of the Stevia plant shoot and the induction of callus from it. The results indicated that the interaction between 2.0 mg. L-1 BA with 0.5 mg. L -1 Kin gave the highest rate number of shoot with 6.32 branches and the highest average of leaves number Were 9.60 leaves compared to the lowest average for the number of shoot and leaves Were 1.40 shoot and 3.80 leaves respectively. As for the length of the shoot, the interaction between (1.0 mg. L-1 BA and 0.5 mg. L-1 Kin) gave the highest average shoot length 4.31 cm compared to the control which gave 2.20 cm. in connection with the callus induction, the concentration 3 mg. L-1 of NAA gave the highest percentage of callus induction from leaves 100%, and the lowest mean of days that for callus initiation was 9 days compared to the control which reached to 20 days. As for the wet and dry weights of callus tissue, the interaction between 2.0 mg. L-1 NAA and 0.5 mg. L -1BA gave the highest wet weight rate 3.68 g and the average dry weight was 0.31 g compared to the control which gave the lowest rate 0.95 g, 0.08 g respectively.

scholarly journals Positive Effect Of Mineral Nutrition On The Quantity Of Vitamins And Chemical Content Of Stevia (Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni)

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (10) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
A.Y. Ulugboev ◽  
◽  
A.A. Kurbanov ◽  
S.Sh. Khayrullaev ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Iron Content ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Sweet Taste ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni ◽  
Mineral Substances

In recent years, all over the world, special attention is paid to plants with sweet taste, but not having a negative effect on human health. In developed countries, 6-7% of stevia side is obtained from stevia leaves, which have a sweet honey taste. Which are widely used in confectionery farms. Stevia extracts are over 300 times sweeter than sugar. Also, in the composition in the leaves of stevia contains vitamin C, B1, B2, PP, which is very important for human health. In the experiment, comparatively high indicators for the content of vitamin "B2" 36.0 mg / 100g were noted when using mineral fertilizers in N50 P175 K50. In agriculture, improving and maintaining the quality of products is one of the main tasks. In this regard, all field trials require the study of product quality. In Stevia, the quality of the food depends to a certain extent on the chemical composition of the plants. That is, the content of mineral substances and vitamins in the plant. It has been established that the use of mineral fertilizers increases the content of phosphorus, iron, calcium and other mineral substances. In the experiment, comparatively low values for the iron content of 4.9 mg / 100 g were observed in the control variant without the use of mineral fertilizers. In the variants of the applied mineral fertilizers, the iron content in stevia was 5.1-6.0 mg / 100 g. The highest iron content in the stevia composition, 6.0 mg / 100 g, was noted in the variant with the use of mineral fertilizers at the rate of N50 P175 K50 kg / ha.

scholarly journals Adaptation to ex vitro conditions of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Hemsl. regenerants

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-375
Author(s):  
L. P. Khlebova ◽  
A. Orazov ◽  
A. M. Titova ◽  
A. V. Pirogova
Keyword(s):  
Root Hairs ◽  
Basal Medium ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana ◽  
Porous Substrate ◽  
Ex Vitro ◽  
Mineral Salts ◽  
Seed Fertility ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Hemsl. belongs to Asteraceae family and is of great importance for pharmaceutical and food industries. Stevioside obtained from the leaves of this plant is regarded as a valuable natural sweetener. Low seed fertility is one of the most important problems in stevia production. It multiplies almost exclusively in a vegetative way. Plant tissue culture is an efficient method for mass propagation of S. rebaudiana. We studied the effect of various concentrations of auxins on rooting stevia shoot cuttings under in vitro conditions. We found that adding 0.6-1.0 mg l-1 IBA or 0.2 mg l-1 IAA to the В5 medium is effective forrooting the shoot fragments of this species. The regenerants were adapted to ex vitro conditions for 3 weeks on a hydroponic setup filled with a solution of mineral salts according to the quarter-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium modified by the content of KH2PO4 and NH4NO3. Using a triple concentration of KH2PO4 (510 mg l-1) during the first week of adaptation and a fullconcentration of NH4NO3 (1650 mg l-1) over the next 2 weeks ensures 100% acclimatization of stevia regenerants to ex vitro conditions. The replacement of agar in the nutrient medium with a perlite-vermiculite mixture in the ratio of 1 : 3 stimulated the transition of regenerants to the photomyxotrophic type of nutrition. The use of a porous substrate provided a decrease in humidity inside the culture vessels, which led to forming both leaves with well-functioning stomata and a branched root system with root hairs. The stevia regenerants propagated in vitro on a porous substrate did not require special conditions for the ex vitro acclimatization. The yield of surviving plants in the greenhouse was 100%.

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