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Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligomers broadly used in food manufacturing as food additives for different purposes, e.g., to improve sensorial qualities, shelf life, and sequestration of components. In this review, the latest advancements of their applications along with the characteristics of the uses of the different CDs (α, β, γ and their derivatives) were reviewed. Their beneficial effects can be achieved by mixing small amounts of CDs with the target material to be stabilized. Essentially, they have the capacity to form stable inclusion complexes with sensitive lipophilic nutrients and constituents of flavor and taste. Their toxicity has been also studied, showing that CDs are innocuous in oral administration. A review of the current legislation was also carried out, showing a general trend towards a wider acceptance of CDs as food additives. Suitable and cost-effective procedures for the manufacture of CDs have progressed, and nowadays it is possible to obtain realistic prices and used them in foods. Therefore, CDs have a promising future due to consumer demand for healthy and functional products.

In addition to the nutritional benefits of Cucumis melo L., herbalists in Pakistan and India employ seeds to treat various ailments. This study aimed to determine the regulatory role of C. melo seeds in calcium-mediated smooth muscle contraction. We identified and quantified the phytochemicals of C. melo with LC ESI–MS/MS and HPLC, then conducted in vitro and in vivo tests to confirm the involvement in smooth muscle relaxation. Then, diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome gene datasets from NCBI GEO were acquired, DEGs and WGCNA followed by functional enrichment analysis. Next, molecular docking of key genes was performed. The quantification of C. melo seeds revealed concentrations of rutin, kaempferol, and quercetin were 702.38 μg/g, 686.29 μg/g, and 658.41 μg/g, respectively. In vitro experiments revealed that C. melo seeds had a dose-dependent relaxant effect for potassium chloride (80 mM)–induced spastic contraction and exhibited calcium antagonistic response in calcium dose-response curves. In in vivo studies, Cm.EtOH exhibited antidiarrheal, antiperistaltic, and antisecretory effects. The functional enrichment of WGCNA and DEGs IBS-associated pathogenic genes, including those involved in calcium-mediated signaling, MAPK cascade, and inflammatory responses. MAPK1 and PIK3CG were identified as key genes with greater binding affinity with rutin, quercitrin, and kaempferol in molecular docking. The bronchodilator and antidiarrheal effects of C. melo were produced by altering the regulatory genes of calcium-mediated smooth contraction. [Display omitted] •Rutin, kaempferol, quercetin, apigenin, and luteolin present in Cm.EtOH.•Cm.EtOH exert the antispasmodic, antiperistalsis, and antidiarrheal.•Cm.EtOH had calcium ion channel blocking activity.•Cm.EtOH regulate the with calcium mediate smooth muscle contraction.

Royal jelly (RJ) demand is growing every year and so is the market for functional foods in general. RJ is formed by different substances, mainly carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids, but also vitamins, minerals, and phenolic or volatile compounds in lower proportion. Major royal jelly proteins (MRJP) are, together with 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA), key substances of RJ due to their different biological properties. In particular, 10-HDA is a unique substance in this product. RJ has been historically employed as health enhancer and is still very relevant in China due to the traditional medicine and the apitherapy. Nowadays, it is mainly consumed as a functional food or is found in supplements and other formulations for its health-beneficial properties. Within these properites, anti-lipidemic, antioxidant, antiproliferative, antimicrobial, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antiaging, and estrogenic activities have been reported for RJ or its specific components. This manuscript is aimed at reviewing the current knowledge on RJ components, their assessment in terms of authenticity, their biological activities, and related health applications.

Dietary polyphenols have been widely investigated as antidiabetic agents in cell, animals, human study, and clinical trial. The number of publication (Indexed by Web of Science) on “polyphenols and diabetes” significantly increased since 2010. This review highlights the advances and opportunities of dietary polyphenols as antidiabetic agents. Dietary polyphenols prevent and manage Type 2 diabetes mellitus via the insulin‐dependent approaches, for instance, protection of pancreatic islet β‐cell, reduction of β‐cell apoptosis, promotion of β‐cell proliferation, attenuation of oxidative stress, activation of insulin signaling, and stimulation of pancreas to secrete insulin, as well as the insulin‐independent approaches including inhibition of glucose absorption, inhibition of digestive enzymes, regulation of intestinal microbiota, modification of inflammation response, and inhibition of the formation of advanced glycation end products. Moreover, dietary polyphenols ameliorate diabetic complications, such as vascular dysfunction, nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, cardiomyopathy, coronary diseases, renal failure, and so on. The structure–activity relationship of polyphenols as antidiabetic agents is still not clear. The individual flavonoid or isoflavone has no therapeutic effect on diabetic patients, although the clinical data are very limited. Resveratrol, curcumin, and anthocyanins showed antidiabetic activity in human study. How hyperglycemia influences the bioavailability and bioactivity of dietary polyphenols is not well understood. An understanding of how diabetes alters the bioavailability and bioactivity of dietary polyphenols will lead to an improvement in their benefits and clinical outcomes. Anti‐diabetic mechanisms of dietary polyphenols .

Polyphenols are the most important phytochemicals in our diets and have received great attention due to their broad benefits for human health by suppressing oxidative stress and playing a protective role in preventing different pathologies such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. The stability of polyphenols depends on their environments of processing and storage, such as pH and temperature. A wide range of technologies has been developed to stabilize polyphenols during processing. This review will provide an overview of the stability of polyphenols in relation to their structure, the factors impacting the stability of polyphenols, the new products deriving from unstable polyphenols, and the effect of a series of technologies for the stabilization of polyphenols, such as chemical modification, nanotechnology, lyophilization, encapsulation, cold plasma treatment, polyphenol–protein interaction, and emulsion as a means of improving stability. Finally, the effects of cooking and storage on the stability of polyphenols were discussed.

The global prevalence of prediabetes is on the rise, and it is of value to manage prediabetes and predisposal to diabetes at an early stage. Myricetin is a natural polyhydroxyflavonoid, found in planta with several health benefits. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of myricetin on prediabetes. In vitro assay indicated that the cell viability, endocytosis and phagocytosis of macrophages were inhibited in RAW 264.7 cells under high glucose (HG) levels, concurrent with an increase in reactive oxygen species level. Administration of myricetin at a dose of 10 μM, restored the immunosuppressive effects mediated by HG. Moreover, the viability of Jurkat cells was also inhibited concurrent with inhibition of interleukin‐2 (IL‐2) and interferon‐gamma (IFN‐γ) expression levels versus increase PD‐1 after treated with myricetin at the dose of 10 μM. In a prediabetic mouse model fed with high fat diet, increase in body weight, fat mass, fasting blood glucose, Triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC) and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) were observed. Flow cytometry analysis revealed a significant decrease in CD8+ T cells in the spleen and blood, whereas the expression of PD‐1 on CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells in the spleen and lymph was significantly elevated. Administration of myricetin showed a potential hypoglycemic and lipid‐lowering effect in both prevention and treatment, in addition to restoration of innate and adaptive immune immunity in mice and confirmed by the in vitro immunomodulation effect. In addition, 16S rRNA showed that myricetin ameliorated prediabetes may be related to decrease in the relative abundance of Acetatifactor, Blautia, Intestinimonas, Anaerotruncus, and Peptococcus. In vitro and in vivo amelioration of prediabtes by myricetin flavonoid via immunomodulation and gut microbiota interaction.

Different separated protein fractions by the electrophoretic method in polyacrylamide gel were used to classify two different types of honeys, Galician honeys and commercial honeys produced and packaged outside of Galicia. Random forest, artificial neural network, and support vector machine models were tested to differentiate Galician honeys and other commercial honeys produced and packaged outside of Galicia. The results obtained for the best random forest model allowed us to determine the origin of honeys with an accuracy of 95.2%. The random forest model, and the other developed models, could be improved with the inclusion of new data from different commercial honeys.

The use of conventional drugs to treat metabolic disorders and the pathological consequences of diabetes further increases the complications because of the side effects, and is sometimes burdensome due to relatively higher costs and occasionally painful route of administration of these drugs. Therefore, shifting to herbal medicine may be more effective, economical, have fewer side effects and might have minimal toxicity. The present review amasses a list of ethnomedicinal plants of 143 species belonging to 61 families, from distinctive domestic survey literature, reported to have been used to treat diabetes by the ethnic and local people of Bangladesh. Leaves of the medicinal plants were found leading in terms of their use, followed by fruits, whole plants, roots, seeds, bark, stems, flowers, and rhizomes. This review provides starting information leading to the search for and use of indigenous botanical resources to discover bioactive compounds for novel hypoglycemic drug development.

Treatment for tumors depends on host immune system. The antitumor and immunoregulatory activities of Ulva lactuca polysaccharide (ULP) were evaluated in H22 tumor‐bearing mice and cyclophosphamide‐induced immunosuppressed mice, respectively. The structural properties of ULP were identified through multi‐angle laser light scattering, high‐performance liquid chromatography, Fourier‐transformed infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance. It was composed of α‐D‐Manp‐(1→, →2,4)‐β‐L‐Rhap‐(1→, β‐D‐GlcpA‐(1→, β‐GalpA‐(1→, →2,4)‐α‐D‐Glcp‐(1→, and →6)‐β‐D‐Galp‐(1→ with the molecular weight of 1.46 × 105 Da. Its antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and antitumor effects were determined. Liver and tumor tissues were collected for histopathological, immunohistochemical, and western blotting analysis. ULP showed the great tumor growth inhibition of 74.41% compared with cyclophosphamide, which has side effects on immune system. ULP enhanced the expression of p53 to inhibit tumorigenesis, promoted the activation of IKKα, and inhibited the activation of p65 within the NF‐κB pathway. ULP inhibited the tumor growth through downregulating the expressions of PI3K/Akt and mTOR, and promoting BAX/Bcl‐2 ratio. The inhibition of TRAF2/TNF‐α and CD31/VEGF achieved a direct killing effect on tumor cells and inhibited tumor proliferation by inhibiting angiogenesis, respectively. Moreover, ULP increased the levels of immunoglobulin M and total superoxide dismutase, decreased the level of methane dicarboxylic aldehyde, and inhibited the activation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR/p70S6k pathways. The results showed that ULP exhibited pronounced antitumor activity and immunoregulatory effect. The algal polysaccharide ulvan suppresses growth of hepatoma cells.

Quercetin is evidently unstable in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) at 37°C. However, the underlying mechanism of this instability is not clear yet. The stability and new degradation products of quercetin in DMEM at 37°C were investigated via in UPLC‐MS‐MS analysis. With increasing incubation time, quercetin formed various degradation products derived from its dimer and there were numerous isomers formed during this process. Ascorbic acid significantly improved the stability of quercetin by protecting quercetin from auto‐oxidation in this medium. Ascorbic acid also remarkably enhanced the stability of quercetin in DMEM in the presence of A549 cells and obviously increased the antiproliferative effect of quercetin toward A549 cells. The new products of quercetin in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium via in situ UPLC‐MS‐MS analysis.