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    Mushrooms-Rich Preparations on Wound Healing: From Nutritional to Medicinal Attributes
    (Frontier, 2020-09) Javad, Sharifi-Rad; BUTNARIU, Monica; Ezzat, Shahira M; Adetunji, Charles Oluwaseun; Imran, Muhammad; Sobhani, Seyyed Reza; Tufail, Tabussam; Hosseinabadi, Tahereh; Alarcó, Karina Ramírez-; Martorell, Miquel; Maroyi, Allfred; Martins, Natália
    Mushrooms have a significant role in human diet as functional food and as a nutraceutical resource. The combination of its umami flavor, protein, vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates has meant that mushrooms could be considered a cheap food source for a long time in many countries. Moreover, mushrooms contain an excellent variety of bioactive metabolites that can be successful in both prevention and treatment of various human health hazards. In addition, extracts from medicinal mushrooms and their metabolites have been verified for wound treating with contribution to different mechanisms of the healing process. This review summarizes the nutritional value and composition of mushrooms, ethnobiology and ethnopharmacology, and wound healing potentia.
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    Rosmarinus plants: Key farm concepts towards food applications
    (wiley online library, 2020-01) Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Ezzat, Shahira M; El Bishbishy, Mahitab H.; Mnayer, Dima; Sharopov, Farukh; Kılıç, Ceyda S.; Neagu, Monica; Constantin, Carolina; Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi; Atanassova, Maria Maria; Nicola, Silvana; Pignata, Giuseppe; Salehi, Bahare; Fokou, Patrick Valere Tsouh; Martins, Natália
    Rosmarinus species are aromatic plants that mainly grow in the Mediterranean region. They are widely used in folk medicine, food, and flavor industries and represent a valuable source of biologically active compounds (e.g., terpenoids, flavonoids, and phenolic acids). The extraction of rosemary essential oil is being done using three main methods: carbon dioxide supercritical extraction, steam distillation, and hydrodistillation. Furthermore, interesting antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antileishmanial, anthelmintic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, and antiamnesic effects have also been broadly recognized for rosemary plant extracts. Thus the present review summarized data on economically important Rosmarinus off- icinalis species, including isolation, extraction techniques, chemical composition, phar- maceutical, and food applications.