Iberoamerican Network as Collaborative Strategy: Tools for the Development of Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceutical and Cosmetics from botanical sources

BUERA, MARÍA DEL PILAR; ABIRACHED, CECILIA; ALAMILLA-BELTRÁN, LILIANA; BUSCH, VERÓNICA MARÍA ; DOS SANTOS, CRISTINA ISABEL ; FARRONI, ABEL ; FAVRE, LEONARDO CRISTIAN ; FERNÁNDEZ- VARELA, ALDO ; FREIRE-COSTA, FABIANO ; GABILONDO, JULIETA ; GALANTE, MICAELA; HIDALGO, MARÍA EUGENIA; INGRASSIA, ROMINA; LÓPEZ HIRIART, MILAGROS; MEDRANO, ALEJANDRA ; MICHELONI, OSCAR ; ALARCÓN, MIGUEL NAVARRO ; PANIZZOLO, LUIS ; PEREYRA-CASTRO, SILVIA DEL CARMEN ; PÉREZ-PÉREZ, VIRIDIANA ; PLAZOLA-JACINTO, CARLA PATRICIA ; RISSO, PATRICIA; ROBERT- CANALES, PAZ ; RODRIGUEZ, ANALÍA ; RODRÍGUEZ, SILVIO DAVID ; ROJAS-BALCAZAR, ERICK ; RUFIÁN HENARES, JOSÉ ANGEL ; FRANCO EMANUEL VASILE

Phytopharmaceuticals: Potential Therapeutic Applications

Wiley-Scrivener

Año: 2021;

The increasing trend for using natural ingredients for nutraceuticals andphytopharmaceuticals development triggers the study of non-traditional sources forphytopharmaceuticals development, such as underexploited plants and agroindustrialwastes. The extraction, characterization and stabilization of bioactive compounds areintricate due to their low concentrations and their complex interactions in the vegetablematrix. New simple, ecological and efficient technologies are being developed toovercome the disadvantages of traditional extraction procedures, and many strategiesshould be developed to preserve their bioactivity. Oxidative reactions and proteinglycation are two of the main deteriorative reactions affecting biological molecules andfunctionality loss in vitro and in vivo. Thus, efforts have been extended in search ofedible plants with antioxidant or antiglycant properties. This chapter is an outcome ofthe CYTED Iberoamerican network 415RT0495, which task was to promote thevalorization of subvaluated sources of bioactive compounds for food and medical uses.