University of the Algarve Faculty of Science and Technology Development of the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications of plants selected from Portugal and Iran with presumptive health potentials Vahid Farzaneh Thesis submitted to MeditBio, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of the Algarve for Doctor Degree in Food Sciences and Biotechnology Supervised by: Professor Dr Isabel. S. Carvalho Faro June, 2016