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Cocoa — 1,906 papers

Papers mentioning cocoa or its compounds, drawn from PubMed and peer-reviewed food science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.

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Jiangnan University

Chinese Academy of Sciences

China Agricultural University

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Beijing Technology and Business University

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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2022 Pharmacology & therapeutics pharmacology

Multitasking bamboo leaf-derived compounds in prevention of infectious, inflammatory, atherosclerotic, metabolic, and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Bamboo is a medicinal plant, and has long been used as a traditional/folk medicine and a food preservative in Japan. Bamboo leaf contains many active ingredients with medicinal ben... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 35183589 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108159

2021 Critical reviews in food science and nutrition pharmacology

Absorption, metabolism, and bioactivity of vitexin: recent advances in understanding the efficacy of an important nutraceutical.

vitexin, an apigenin-8-C-glucoside, is widely present in numerous edible and medicinal plants. vitexin possesses a variety of bioactive properties, including antioxidation, anti-in... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32292045 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1753165

2020 Food science & nutrition pharmacology

Review of the effects of vitexin in oxidative stress-related diseases.

Vitexin is an apigenin flavone glycoside found in food and medicinal plants. It has a variety of pharmacological effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 32566174 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1567 Full text on PMC

2020 'Universitat Politecnica de Valencia' pharmacology

Application of new technologies to cocoa alkalization

Tesis por compendio[ES] «Aplicación de nuevas tecnologías a la alcalinización de cacao» es una tesis doctoral centrada, por un lado, en el estudio de los cambios fisicoquímicos y f... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: doi:10.4995/thesis/10251/140311 DOI: 10.4995/thesis/10251/140311

2019 Food chemistry other

Functional quality in novel food sources: Genotypic variation in the nutritive and phytochemical composition of thirteen microgreens species.

Compositional variation was examined across 13 microgreens species/subspecies representing Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Lamiaceae, Malvaceae and Apiaceae, grown in controlled envi... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 30502125 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.10.098

2026 Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis other

Identification of ursolic acid from Wumei as a syk-targeting anti-allergic agent using a piezoresistive cantilever biosensor.

Wumei (WM), a historical food and medicine homology fruit in China, is reported to have anti-allergic effect, yet its active components and mechanisms remain unclear. Here, a novel... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 41865691 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2026.117463

2025 Frontiers in plant science other

Anthranilate at the interface of tryptophan and specialized metabolite biosynthesis.

Plants synthesize a diverse array of specialized metabolites that contribute to plant development, growth, protection from biotic and abiotic stressors, and attracting pollinators... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40697869 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1625337 Full text on PMC

2025 European heart journal unrelated

Urinary tartaric acid as a biomarker of wine consumption and cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED trial.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Moderate wine consumption has been associated with lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in older populations. However, wine consumption information through... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39689849 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae804 Full text on PMC

2025 Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) unrelated

Tartaric Acid Exacerbates DSS-Induced Colitis by Promoting Eosinophilic Inflammation via IL-13 and IL-5Rα Upregulation.

Eosinophils are granulocytes involved in the effector phase of type 2 T cell immune responses, which are elevated in inflammatory conditions like ulcerative colitis (UC) and other... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40333150 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14040366 Full text on PMC

2025 gc ms

Dynamic changes of volatile compounds during the processing of egg white powder based on GC-IMS investigation.

Processing is a crucial stage in the production of egg white powder (EWP), yet its effect on flavor remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the impact of processing on fla... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 40157105 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.144008

2024 The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology aroma analysis

Molecular basis of one-step methyl anthranilate biosynthesis in grapes, sweet orange, and maize.

Plants synthesize an array of volatile compounds, many of which serve ecological roles in attracting pollinators, deterring herbivores, and communicating with their surroundings. M... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38976445 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16922

2024 Polymers other

Unlocking the Potential of Food Waste: A Review of Multifunctional Pectins.

This review comprehensively explores the multifunctional applications of pectins derived from food waste and by-products, emphasizing their role as versatile biomaterials in the me... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39339134 DOI: 10.3390/polym16182670 Full text on PMC

2024 Chemical record (New York, N.Y.) unrelated

Toward Sustainable Utilization and Production of Tartaric Acid.

Global efforts toward establishing a circular carbon economy have guided research interests towards exploring renewable technologies that can replace environmentally harmful fossil... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39520318 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202400099

2023 Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) other

Towards Valorization of Food-Waste-Derived Pectin: Recent Advances on Their Characterization and Application.

Pectin, a natural biopolymer, can be extracted from food waste biomass, adding value to raw materials. Currently, commercial pectin is mostly extracted from citrus peels (85.5%) an... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37687219 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28176390 Full text on PMC

2023 International journal of biological macromolecules aeda

Preparation, structural characterization, bioactivities, and applications of Crataegus spp. polysaccharides: A review.

Crataegus, is a genus within the Rosaceae family. It is recognized as a valuable plant with both medicinal and edible qualities, earning it the epithet of the "nutritious fruit" ow... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 37689285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126671

2021 Frontiers in nutrition other

Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds and Bioactivities in Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) Wine.

With the increase in demand of fruit wine year by year, it is necessary to develop novel fruit wine with high functional activities. Prunus salicina Lindl. (named as Niuxin plum) i... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34790690 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.766415 Full text on PMC

2021 Carbohydrate polymers other

Delineating the inherent functional descriptors and biofunctionalities of pectic polysaccharides.

Pectin is a plant-based heteropolysaccharide macromolecule predominantly found in the cell wall of plants. Pectin is commercially extracted from apple pomace, citrus peels and suga... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34294331 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118319

2021 Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) unrelated

Synchronously Strengthen and Toughen Polypropylene Using Tartaric Acid-Modified Nano-CaCO3.

In order to overcome the challenge of synchronously strengthening and toughening polypropylene (PP) with a low-cost and environmental technology, CaCO3 (CC) nanoparticles are modif... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 34684937 DOI: 10.3390/nano11102493 Full text on PMC

2020 Food microbiology unrelated

Methyl anthranilate: A novel quorum sensing inhibitor and anti-biofilm agent against Aeromonas sobria.

Quorum sensing (QS), bacterial cell-to-cell communication, is a gene regulatory mechanism that regulates virulence potential and biofilm formation in many pathogens. Aeromonas sobr... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 31703863 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2019.103356

2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America aroma analysis

Microbial production of methyl anthranilate, a grape flavor compound.

Methyl anthranilate (MANT) is a widely used compound to give grape scent and flavor, but is currently produced by petroleum-based processes. Here, we report the direct fermentative... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 31085637 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1903875116 Full text on PMC

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Sources: PubMed (US National Library of Medicine), Semantic Scholar, Europe PMC, CORE. Papers are selected by targeted search queries for each ingredient and compound in our database.