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Okra fruit: LC-ESI/LTQOrbitrap/MS/MSn based deep insight on polar lipids and specialized metabolites with evaluation of anti-oxidant and anti-hyperglycemic activity


Gilda D'Urso, Assunta Napolitano, Ciro Cannavacciuolo, Milena Masullo and Sonia Piacente
Food Funct., 2020,11, 7856-7865

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The chemical composition of okra fruit was analysed by LC-HRMS. Metabolites belonging to different polar lipid classes, along with phenolic acids and flavonoids were identified. The antioxidant activity and inhibition of α-glucosidase were assayed.


Purification, characterization and anti-fatigue activity of polysaccharide fractions from okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)


Han Gao, Wencheng Zhang, Bingsong Wang, Ailing Hui, Biao Du, Tingting Wang, Ling Meng, Huixi Bian and Zeyu Wu
Food Funct., 2018,9, 1088-1101

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Two polysaccharide fractions (AEP-1 and AEP-2) extracted from Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench presented dose-dependently positive effects on the fatigue-related parameters.


Flavonoid-rich extracts from okra flowers exert antitumor activity in colorectal cancer through induction of mitochondrial dysfunction-associated apoptosis, senescence and autophagy


Yuanle Deng, Sha Li, Meng Wang, Xiaotong Chen, Li Tian, Liqun Wang, Wenyu Yang, Lezhang Chen, Fang He and Wenya Yin
Food Funct., 2020,11, 10448-10466
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Fangbo Xia, Chenchen Li, Mengqiu Li, Yonghong Liao, Xinmin Liu, Jianyong Si, Qi Chang and Ruile Pan
RSC Adv., 2018,8, 32814-32822

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Faced with the increasing incidence of major depression disorder (MDD) and the unsatisfactory effect of current drugs, there has been growing attention on the relation between dietary supplements and MDD prevention.


A comprehensive overview of the medicinal chemistry of antifungal drugs: perspectives and promise


Kaitlind C. Howard, Emily K. Dennis, David S. Watt and Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 2426-2480

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The emergence of new fungal pathogens makes the development of new antifungal drugs a medical imperative that in recent years motivates the talents of numerous investigators across the world.


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