Publications by authors named "A R Bilia"
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- - The study explores the incorporation of polyphenolic extracts from Myrtus communis and Arbutus unedo fruits into whey to create new functional food products in both liquid and powder forms.
- - Both forms of fruit extracts maintained chemical stability over 60 days, with enriched whey demonstrating higher antioxidant activity and the presence of beneficial lactic acid bacteria, suggesting potential prebiotic effects.
- - Overall, the enriched whey shows promise as a functional food, leveraging plant antioxidants, probiotic properties, and stability, although the high tannin levels from A. unedo affected casein micelle structure.
Essential oils (EOs) are reported to be natural pesticides, but their use to protect crops is very limited due to EOs' high instability and great volatility. Nanovectors represent a very smart alternative, and in this study, EOs from (AEO) and (SEO) were formulated into microemulsions and tested against . The EOs were extracted by steam distillation and analyzed by GC-MS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh concentrations of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been linked to diseases, including diabetic complications. The pathophysiological effects of AGEs are mainly due to oxidative stress and inflammatory processes. Among the proteins most affected by glycation are albumin, the most abundant circulating protein, and collagen, which has a long biological half-life and is abundant in the extracellular matrix.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present study, polymeric micelles were developed to improve the intestinal permeability of an extract of L. leaf with a high content of total polyphenols (49% /), with 41% / corresponding to the oleuropein amount. A pre-formulation study was conducted to obtain a stable formulation with a high loading capacity for extract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel Food is a new category of food, regulated by the European Union Directive No. 2015/2283. This latter norm defines a food as "Novel" if it was not used "for human consumption to a significant degree within the Union before the date of entry into force of that regulation, namely 15 May 1997".
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