Accelerated stability testing and simulated gastrointestinal release of encapsulated betacyanins and phenolic compounds from Bougainvillea glabra bracts extract.

Bougainvillea glabra bracts extract was encapsulated by freeze drying using the prebiotic fibers polydextrose and inulin as encapsulating materials. The stability and the in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of B. glabra powders were evaluated.

Antidepressant-Like and Antioxidant Effects of Plinia trunciflora in Mice.

The jaboticaba tree, Plinia trunciflora (O. Berg) Kausel, is popularly named "jabuticabeira" in Brazil and is used in folk medicine to treat diabetes and chronic inflammation of the tonsils, but studies evaluating the central effects of this species are limited. This study evaluated the antidepressant-like and antioxidant effects of P.