The blue palette of life: A comprehensive review of natural bluish colorants with potential commercial applications.

Considering the growing interest for safer, environmentally friendly and healthier products, the search for natural colorants to replace their synthetic has been raised. This is particularly challenging for the rare and usually unstable bluish coloring substances. This comprehensive review describes several bluish pigments which can be obtained from natural sources (plants and mostly microorganisms), covering less known molecules to well established compounds (although no focus is given for anthocyanins).

The Consumption of the Fibrous Fraction of St. Hil. Does Not Preserve the Intestinal Mucosa in TNBS-Induced Rats.

St. Hil. is considered a natural anti-inflammatory.

Improving the medium composition for the production of the natural blue-violet pigment violacein by a new Janthinobacterium sp. isolate.

The interest in natural compounds has increased primarily due to their beneficial health and environmental aspects. However, natural sources of some compounds, such as bluish pigments, are limited, requiring the development of efficient processes to meet commercial demands. This study isolated a blue-violet bacterium from spoiled cooked rice and identified it as a potential new species of Janthinobacterium through 16S rDNA analysis.

Development of whitening mouth rinses formulated with mushroom residues and their effect on enamel's physical properties.

Objectives: This study aimed to develop whitening mouth rinses formulated with industrial mushrooms and compare them with over-the-counter whitening mouth rinses.

Materials And Methods: Formulations with black shimeji mushrooms, mushroom substrates, and mushroom stalks were developed. Bovine enamel/dentin samples were divided into 7 groups ( = 10): Colgate Luminous White, Listerine Whitening Extreme (LWE), Listerine Cool Mint (LC), mushroom extract rinse (MEC), mushroom substrate rinse (MSB), mushroom stalk rinse (MTC), and artificial saliva.

Lipase-mediated alcoholysis for in situ production of ester bioaromas in licuri oil for cosmetic applications.

Bioaromas can be produced by lipases either through their hydrolytic or (trans)esterifying activities. Therefore, this work reports the development of a lipase-catalyzed biotransformed licuri oil, forming volatile ethyl esters with odor notes resembling tropical fruits. Ethyl octanoate formation was promoted when 7.