Ibero-American Network as a Collaborative Strategy to Provide Tools for the Development of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals

BUERA, 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; HIRIART, MILAGROS LÓPEZ; 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; HENARES, JOSÉ ANGEL RUFIÁN; VASILE, FRANCO EMANUEL

Phytopharmaceuticals: Potential Therapeutic Applications

Wiley

Año: 2021; p. 19 - 57

The increasing trend for using natural ingredients for nutraceuticals and phytopharmaceuticalsdevelopment triggers the study of non-traditional sources for phytopharmaceuticals development,such as underexploited plants and agroindustrial wastes. The extraction, characterization and stabilization of bioactive compounds are intricate due to their low concentrations and their complexinteractions in the vegetable matrix. New simple, ecological and efficient technologies are beingdeveloped to overcome the disadvantages of traditional extraction procedures, and many strategiesshould be developed to preserve their bioactivity. Oxidative reactions and protein glycation are twoof the main deteriorative reactions affecting biological molecules and functionality loss in vitro andin vivo. Thus, efforts have been extended in search of edible plants with antioxidant or antiglycantproperties. This chapter is an outcome of the CYTED Iberoamerican network, whichtask was to promote the valorization of subvaluated sources of bioactive compounds for food andmedical uses.