Kombucha: A review of substrates, regulations, composition, and biological properties
J Food Sci. 2022 Jan 14. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.16029. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Kombucha has been gaining prominence around the world and becoming popular due...
Highly Stretchable Bacterial Cellulose Produced by Komagataeibacter hansenii SI1
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Dec 19;13(24):4455. doi: 10.3390/polym13244455. ABSTRACT A new strain of bacteria producing cellulose was isolated from Kombucha and identified as Komagataeibacter hansenii, named...
Microbial Diversity and Characteristics of Kombucha as Revealed by Metagenomic and Physicochemical Analysis
Nutrients. 2021 Dec 13;13(12):4446. doi: 10.3390/nu13124446. ABSTRACT Kombucha is a fermented tea made from a Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast (SCOBY) with a long...
Evaluation of cytotoxicity and anticancer activity of kombucha and doxorubicin combination therapy on colorectal cancer cell line HCT-116
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Oct 29;10:376. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1456_20. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is the third leading to death type of cancer in...
Analysis of alkylphenols, bisphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates in microbial-fermented functional beverages and bottled water: Optimization of a dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction protocol based on natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents
Food Chem. 2021 Dec 23;377:131921. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131921. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT In this work, the analysis of alkylphenols, bisphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates in bottled...
Techno-economic feasibility assessment of bacterial cellulose biofilm production during the Kombucha fermentation process
Bioresour Technol. 2021 Dec 30;346:126659. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126659. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Bacterial cellulose produced during Kombucha fermentation has recently received lots of attention owing...
Benefits, toxicity and current market of cannabidiol in edibles
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2022 Jan 6:1-13. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2021.2024493. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The commercialization of products with cannabidiol (CBD) has undergone a...
Consumer’s acceptability and health consciousness of probiotic and prebiotic of non-dairy products
Food Res Int. 2022 Jan;151:110842. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110842. Epub 2021 Dec 3. ABSTRACT Human gut microbiota is a protective agent of intestinal and systemic health, and...
Application of a Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Method Based on a Natural Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent for the Extraction of Plastic Migrants from Kombuchas
Molecules. 2021 Dec 28;27(1):178. doi: 10.3390/molecules27010178. ABSTRACT A vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction, based on a natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent made from the monoterpene thymol and...
Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), a Green Tea Polyphenol, Reduces Coronavirus Replication in a Mouse Model
Viruses. 2021 Dec 17;13(12):2533. doi: 10.3390/v13122533. ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a huge number of deaths from 2020 to 2021; however, effective antiviral...
Identification of natural compounds as SARS-CoV-2 entry inhibitors by molecular docking-based virtual screening with bio-layer interferometry
Pharmacol Res. 2021 Oct;172:105820. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105820. Epub 2021 Aug 14. ABSTRACT Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),...
Reynoutria Rhizomes as a Natural Source of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitors-Molecular Docking and In Vitro Study
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Jul 29;14(8):742. doi: 10.3390/ph14080742. ABSTRACT More than a year has passed since the world began to fight the novel severe acute respiratory...
Identification of potential natural inhibitors of the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using a computational docking approach
Qatar Med J. 2021 Mar 12;2021(1):12. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2021.12. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Background: The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the only zoonotic-origin...
Research progress of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on anti-pathogenic microbes and immune regulation activities
Food Funct. 2021 Oct 19;12(20):9607-9619. doi: 10.1039/d1fo01352a. ABSTRACT At the end of 2019, the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide, infecting millions of people. Infectious diseases induced...
Epigallocatechin gallate from green tea effectively blocks infection of SARS-CoV-2 and new variants by inhibiting spike binding to ACE2 receptor
Cell Biosci. 2021 Aug 30;11(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s13578-021-00680-8. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the new SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged in the different regions...