Alkanan, Z. T., A. B. Altemimi, M. I. Younis, M. R. Ali, F. Cacciola, and T. Gamal, "Trends, Recent Advances, and Application of Pulsed Electric Field in Food Processing: A Review", ChemBioEng review, vol. 11, issue 4, pp. 1-9, 2024. trends_recent_advances_and_application_of_pulsed_e.pdf
Ali, M. R., Z. A. Thabit, S. A. Allaith, H. S. Ebrahim, A. A. Radwan, B. A. Ali, and A. M. M. Gabr, "Improved Exopolysaccharide Production from Lacticaseibacillus paracasei SH6 Using Mutagen EMS", J Contemp Med Sci, vol. 11, issue 1, pp. 12-19, 2025.
Ali, M. R., Manar Hassan, M. M. El-Mogy, and R. M. Mohamed, "Impact of blue-LED as a non-thermal preservation technology on bio-active compounds, quality parameters, microbial and enzymatic spoilage of guava juice", Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, vol. 104, issue 104092, pp. 1-11, 2025. paper_8.pdf
Bazaraa, W. A., A. E. - N. A. Khattab, E. M. Osman, and M. R. Ali, "Extension of chicken fillets shelf life using genetically improved probiotic strain and chitosan", Food Control, vol. 168, issue 110827, pp. 1-10, 2025. paper_7.pdf
Salah-Eldin, A. A., H. H. Ibrahim, and M. R. Ali, "Antimicrobial and therapeutic potentials of the blackberry extracts against Escherichia coli infection in male albino rats", Journal of the science of food and agriculture, vol. 104, issue 13, pp. 7776–7787, 2024. paper_6.pdf
Ali, M. R., H. H. Ibrahim, and A. A. Salah-Eldin, "Unveiling the Chemical Composition, Bioactive Profile and Antioxidant Capacity of Dried Egyptian Jew's Mallow Stems as a Promising Anticancer Agent.", Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 29, issue 6, 2024. Abstract

Phytochemicals from waste materials generated by agricultural and industrial processes have become globally significant due to their accessibility and potential effectiveness with few side effects. These compounds have essential implications in both medicine and the economy. Therefore, a quantitative analysis of the phytochemical profile, sugar types, and water-soluble vitamins of dried L."DJMS" extract (dried Jew's mallow stem) was carried out with HPLC. In addition, the chemical composition, TPC, chlorophyll a and b, beta-carotene, and antioxidant effect using DPPH were investigated. Furthermore, the anticancer activity of the DJMS was evaluated by SRB assay using Huh-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. In the quantitative study, DJMS extract showed a high antioxidant potential (67%) due to its content of bioactive compounds such as TPC (276.37 mg 100 g) and chlorophyll a and b (20.31, 12.02 mg 100 g, respectively), as well as some vitamins and minerals such as B-complex (B12; 146.8 mg 100 g and vitamin C 6.49 mg 100 g) and selenium (<0.2 μg kg). Moreover, the main sugar types found were sucrose and stachyose, which recorded 9.23 and 6.25 mg 100 g, respectively. Identifying phenolic and flavonoids showed that the major components were ellagic acid (4905.26 μg kg), ferulic acid (3628.29 μg kg), chlorogenic acid (3757.08 μg kg), luteolin-7--glucoside (4314.48 μg kg), naringin (4296.94 μg kg) and apigenin-6-rhamnose-8 glucoside (3078.87 μg kg). The dried stem extract showed significant MDA-MB-231 inhibition activity and reached 80% at a concentration of 1000 µg/mL of DJMS extract, related to the content of phytochemical components such as isoflavones like genistein (34.96 μg kg), which had a tremendous anticancer effect. Hence, the stem of Jew's mallow (which is edible and characterized by its viability and low production cost) possesses the capacity to serve as a pharmaceutical agent for combating cancer owing to its abundance of bioactive components.

Rashid, E. M., F. S. A. El-Hashemy, Z. A. Thabet, and M. R. Ali, "Tracing the efficiency of food processing steps on the pesticide residuals reduction rate in fruits and vegetables", African Journal of Biological Sciences, vol. 6, issue 4, pp. 165-178, 2024. african8.pdf
Lakshmanan, G., A. B. Altemimi, C. Sivaraj, J. Selvakumari, L. Karthik, K. Saravanan, V. Viswanathan, A. Pandian, F. Cacciola, M. R. Ali, et al., "Imperatorin from the aerial parts of Cleome viscosa L.: a characterization study and evaluation of the antibacterial activity", Natural Product Research, vol. 38, issue 5, pp. 848-855, 2024.
El-Beltagi, H. S., M. R. Ali, K. M. A. RAMADAN, R. Anwar, T. A. Shalaby, A. A. Rezk, S. M. El-Ganainy, S. F. Mahmoud, M. Alkafafy, and M. M. El-Mogy, "Exogenous Postharvest Application of Calcium Chloride and Salicylic Acid to Maintain the Quality of Broccoli Florets.", Plants (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 11, issue 11, 2022. Abstract

The importance of broccoli ( var. ) consumption has increased in recent years due to its significant amount of anticarcinogenic and antioxidant compounds, as well as its many vitamins. However, broccoli florets are a highly perishable product which rapidly senesce and turn yellow after harvest, resulting in losses in nutritional and bioactive compounds. Thus, in this study, we evaluated the effect of postharvest exogenous of salicylic acid (SA) and calcium chloride (CaCl) and their combination on the quality of broccoli florets stored at 5 °C for 28 days to minimize the rapid senescence of broccoli florets. Samples treated with 2 mM SA alone or in combination with 2% CaCl showed lower weight loss and lower losses of chlorophyll content, vitamin C, phenolic compounds, carotenoids, flavonoids, and glucosinolates compared with the control samples. Additionally, antioxidant activity was maintained by either SA or SA + CaCl treatments while peroxidase activity was decreased. For higher quality and lower losses in antioxidant compounds of broccoli florets during refrigerated storage at 5 °C, SA + CaCl treatment could be helpful for up to 21 days.

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