RESULTS

This section presents the results obtained from the activities conducted in project PulpIng.

Peer-reviewed publications

Tarchoun, N.; Saadaoui,W.; Mezghani, N.; Pavli, O.I.; Falleh, H.; Petropoulos, S.A. The Effects of Salt Stress on Germination, Seedling Growth and Biochemical Responses of Tunisian Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) Germplasm. Plants 2022, 11, 800. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060800

Leichtweis MG, Oliveira MBPP, Ferreira ICFR, Pereira C, Barros L. Sustainable Recovery of Preservative and Bioactive Compounds from Food Industry Bioresidues. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 18;10(11):1827. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10111827

Maria G. Leichtweis; Adriana K. Molina; Tânia C. S. Pires; Maria Inês Dias; Ricardo Calhelha; Khaldoun Bachari; Borhane E. C. Ziani; M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira;

Carla Pereira and Lillian Barros Biological Activity of Pumpkin Byproducts: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27238366

Maria G. Leichtweis; Adriana K. Molina; Maria Inês Dias; Ricardo C. Calhelha; Tânia C. S. P. Pires; Ourania Pavli; M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira,

Spyridon A. Petropoulos; Lillian Barros and

Carla Pereira. Variability in Chemical Profile and Bioactivities of the Flesh of Greek Pumpkin Landraces.

https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9111232

Maria G. Leichtweis; Adriana K. Molina; Spyridon A. Petropoulos; Márcio Carocho; Tânia C. S. P. Pires; Maria Inês Dias; Ricardo Calhelha; M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira; Carla Pereira; Lillian Barros. Valorization of Pumpkin Peel as a Source of Bioactive Compounds: Optimization of Heat- and Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28073168

Leichtweis, M.G., Oliveira, M.B.P., Ferreira, I.C., Pereira, C., Barros, L. Sustainable recovery of preservative and bioactive compounds from food industry bioresidues. Antioxidants, 2021, 10(11), 1827. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10111827.

Leichtweis, M.G., Molina, A.K., Pires, T.C., Dias, M.I., Calhelha, R., Bachari, K., Ziani, B.E.C., Oliveira, M.B.P.P., Pereira, C., Barros, L. Biological activity of pumpkin byproducts: Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Molecules, 2022, 27(23), 8366. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27238366.

Leichtweis, M.G., Molina, A.K., Petropoulos, S.A., Carocho, M., Pires, T.C.S., Dias, M. I., Calhelha, R.C., Oliveira, M.B.P.P., Pereira, C., Barros, L. Valorization of Pumpkin Peel as a Sourceof Bioactive Compounds: Optimization of Heat- and Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction. Molecules, 2023, 28(7), 3168. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28073168.

Leichtweis, M.G., Molina, A.K., Dias, M.I., Calhelha, R.C., Pires, T.C., Ourania, P., Oliveira, M.B.P.P., Petropoulos, S. A., Barros, L., Pereira, C. Variability in chemical profile and bioactivities of the flesh of Greek pumpkin landraces. Horticulturae, 2023, 9(11), 1232. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9111232.

Neji Tarchoun, Wassim Saadaoui, Najla Mezghani, Ourania I. Pavli, Hanen Falleh and Spyridon A. Petropoulos. 2022. The Effects of Salt Stress on Germination, Seedling Growth and Biochemical Responses of Tunisian Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) Germplasm. Plants 2022, 11, 800. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060800.

Mansour, R. B., Falleh, H., Hammami, M., Barros, L., Petropoulos, S. A., Tarchoun, N., & Ksouri, R. 2023. The Use of Response Surface Methodology to Optimize Assisted Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Cucurbita maxima Fruit By-Products. Processes, 11(6), 1726. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11061726.

Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Ângela Fernandes, Ricardo C. Calhelha, Youssef Rouphael, Jovana Petrović, Marina Soković, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Lillian Barros. Antimicrobial Properties, Cytotoxic Effects and Fatty Acids Composition of Vegetable Oils from Purslane, Linseed, Luffa and Pumpkin Seeds. Applied Sciences 2021, 11:5738, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125738.

Rim Ben Mansour, Hanen Falleh, Nermine Nefzi, Sarra Dakhlaoui, Sawssen Selmi, Majdi Hammami, Lillian Barros, Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Neji Tarchoun, Riadh Ksouri. 2023. Improved Recovery of Antioxidant Compounds from Refined Pumpkin Peel Extract: A Mixture Design Method Approach. Horticulturae 9, 1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9101111.

Wassim Saadaoui, Neji Tarchoun, Insaf Msetra, Ourania Pavli, Hanen Falleh, Chadha Ayed, Riadh Ksouri, Spyridon A. Petropoulos. 2023. Effects of Drought Stress Induced by D-Mannitol on the Germination and Early Seedling Growth Traits, Physiological Parameters and Phytochemicals Content of Tunisian Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) Landraces. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1215394. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1215394.

Nikolaos Polyzos, Ângela Fernandes, Ricardo C. Calhelha, Jovana Petrovic, Marina Sokovic, Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira, Lillian Barros, Spyridon A. Petropoulos. Biochemical Composition of Pumpkin Seeds and Seed By-Products. Plants 2024, 13:2395. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172395.

Néji Tarchoun, Wassim Saadaoui, Khawla Hamdi, Hanen Falleh, Ourania Pavli, Riadh Ksouri, and Spyridon A. Petropoulos. Seed Priming and Biopriming in Two Squash Landraces (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) from Tunisia: A Sustainable Strategy to Promote Germination and Alleviate Salt Stress. Plants 2024, 13:2464. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172464.