Publications by authors named "Salima Selmi"
Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. (Asteraceae) is an edible wild plant, known for its uses in traditional medicine.
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- Breast cancer is a leading cancer among women worldwide, and plant-derived compounds like amygdalin from apricot kernels show potential as both chemotherapeutic and preventative agents.
- The study explored how amygdalin affects breast cancer cells (MCF7) by modulating intracellular proteolysis, specifically by downregulating proteasome activities and impairing autophagy.
- The findings suggest that inhibiting these proteolytic systems activates apoptosis in cancer cells, highlighting a new mechanism for amygdalin's anticancer effects and suggesting it could be used in future cancer prevention strategies.
Agricultural by-products represent one of the biggest pollutants for the environment, therefore, investigating new sources for the extraction of bioactive compounds is a topic of great interest for the entire scientific community. This work is aimed at studying the chemical composition (pigments, phenolics, volatile compounds) and biological activities (antioxidant and antimicrobial properties) of young and mature leaves of five eggplant cultivars (Solanum melongena L.) grown in Tunisia (Tizona, A1014, Nawel, A336, and Mirval).
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