Daily Archives: 8 September 2025

In the modern era, consumers are gradually shifting focus to the use of natural ingredients to achieve good health, beauty, and general well-being1. Salidroside has been a target buzzword in research and product development alongside many other bioactive compounds. Salidroside originally was found in Rhodiola rosea, a traditional adaptogenic herb, but due to the current […]

Hydroxy salidroside is beginning to be one of the most promising natural products in contemporary health sciences1. This phenylethanoid glycoside is structurally analogous to salidroside except that it has an extra hydroxyl group that augments its antioxidant, neuroprotective, and anti-ageing effects. Hydroxy salidroside traditionally is a product of plants, but, more recently, has also been […]

Glycans are polysaccharides or complex groups of sugars attached to the outside of our cells, secreted proteins and lipids, and secreted in body fluids such as saliva, milk, and mucus1. These structures of carbohydrates are not simple ornaments. When positioned in highly specific standard forms, they constitute the blood group antigens most of us know […]