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Josefa Escribano

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Guerrero-Rubio M, Hernandez-Garcia S, Escribano J, Jimenez-Atienzar M, Cabanes J, Garcia-Carmona F, et al.
Food Chem . 2020 Jun; 330:127228. PMID: 32535316
Betalain-rich extracts have been used for many years by their nutraceutical potential. However, the study of their bioactivities has always been hampered by their difficult obtention. To explain their mode...
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Guerrero-Rubio M, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F, Gandia-Herrero F
Trends Plant Sci . 2019 Dec; 25(2):159-175. PMID: 31843371
The discovery of visible fluorescence in the plant pigments betalains revealed the existence of fluorescent patterns in flowers of plants of the order Caryophyllales, where betalains substitute anthocyanins. The serendipitous...
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Escribano J, Cabanes J, Jimenez-Atienzar M, Ibanez-Tremolada M, Gomez-Pando L, Garcia-Carmona F, et al.
Food Chem . 2017 May; 234:285-294. PMID: 28551238
Quinoa was the traditional grain crop used by the prehispanic civilizations in America. Grains are white, black, yellow, and red-violet and plants are cultivated in vast areas of Peru, Bolivia...
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Gandia-Herrero F, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr . 2014 Aug; 56(6):937-45. PMID: 25118005
Betalains are a family of natural pigments present in most plants of the order Caryophyllales. They provide colors ranging from yellow to violet to structures that in other plants are...
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Cabanes J, Gandia-Herrero F, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F, Jimenez-Atienzar M
J Agric Food Chem . 2014 Apr; 62(17):3776-82. PMID: 24689508
Betalains are plant pigments with high antioxidant and cancer chemopreventive properties used by the food industry as safe colorants. Betalains are restricted to species of the order Caryophyllales, and difficulty...
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Gandia-Herrero F, Cabanes J, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F, Jimenez-Atienzar M
J Agric Food Chem . 2013 Mar; 61(18):4294-302. PMID: 23521423
Betalains are plant pigments with high antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities. While basal activity exists in all betalains, the dihydroxylated molecules present the highest TEAC values of the family...
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Gandia-Herrero F, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F
J Nat Prod . 2012 May; 75(6):1030-6. PMID: 22642551
Betalamic acid [4-(2-oxoethylidene)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid] is a naturally occurring compound that is normally found condensed with amino acids, amines, cyclo-DOPA, and cyclo-DOPA derivatives to form the betalains. Betalains are the pigments...
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Gandia-Herrero F, Jimenez-Atienzar M, Cabanes J, Garcia-Carmona F, Escribano J
J Agric Food Chem . 2010 Sep; 58(19):10646-52. PMID: 20812722
Betalains are water-soluble, nitrogen-containing pigments of growing interest in the food industry. They are present in most plants belonging to the order Caryophyllales, where they fulfill the role of anthocyanins,...
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Gandia-Herrero F, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F
Planta . 2010 May; 232(2):449-60. PMID: 20467875
Betalains are water-soluble pigments with high antiradical capacity which bestow bright colors on flowers and fruits of most plants of the order Caryophyllales. They are classified as betacyanins, exhibiting a...
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Gandia-Herrero F, Escribano J, Garcia-Carmona F
J Nat Prod . 2009 May; 72(6):1142-6. PMID: 19456119
Free radical scavenging compounds play important roles as health-protecting factors. Betalains are natural water-soluble pigments present in most plant families belonging to the order Caryophyllales. They are the subject of...