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Neuroprotective potential of the Amazonian fruits Euterpe oleracea Mart. and Paullinia cupana Kunth [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023
Acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) and guarana (Paullinia cupana Kunth) are native species from the Amazon Forest that in folk medicine are used to treat several diseases due to their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Gabriel Nóbrega da Costa, Letícia Yoshitome Queiroz, Isaque Nilton dos Santos, Helena Iturvides Cimarosti   +3 more
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Virulence of trypanosoma cruzi in açai (euterpe oleraceae martius) pulp following mild heat treatmen

, 2020
Outbreaks of acute Chagas disease (ACD) in northern Brazil can be caused by the ingestion of unprocessed açai pulp contaminated with Trypanosoma cruzi. The aim of this study was to determine the minimum thermal process required to inactivate T.
Schmidt, Flávio Luis, Alves, Delma Pegolo, Guaraldo, Ana Maria Aparecida, Pereira, Karen Signori, Barbosa, Rodrigo Labello, Dias, Viviane Liotti, Passos, Luiz Augusto Corrêa   +6 more
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Bioaccessibility and cytotoxicity of Euterpe edulis, E. oleracea and E. precatoria fruit compounds [PDF]

Acta Amazonica
The bioaccessibility of bioactive compounds in Euterpe spp. fruits influences both their nutritional value and their biological potential. Composition and solubility of bioactive compounds are essential variables in the mechanisms of bioaccessibility and
Noélle Khristinne CORDEIRO, Gilberto Costa BRAGA, Severino Matias de ALENCAR, Ana Sofia Martelli Chaib SALIBA, Amauri SIVIERO   +4 more
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Anticancer potential, molecular mechanisms and toxicity of Euterpe oleracea extract (açaí): A systematic review. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Cancer is an increasingly frequent malignancy worldwide, and despite the advances in drug development, it is still necessary to develop new plant-derived medicines.
Jéssica Alessandra-Perini, Karina Cristina Rodrigues-Baptista, Daniel Escorsim Machado, Luiz Eurico Nasciutti, Jamila Alessandra Perini   +4 more
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Polysaccharides isolated from Açaí fruit induce innate immune responses.

PLoS ONE, 2011
The Açaí (Acai) fruit is a popular nutritional supplement that purportedly enhances immune system function. These anecdotal claims are supported by limited studies describing immune responses to the Acai polyphenol fraction.
Jeff Holderness, Igor A Schepetkin, Brett Freedman, Liliya N Kirpotina, Mark T Quinn, Jodi F Hedges, Mark A Jutila   +6 more
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Antioxidant and Hypolipidemic Activity of Açai Fruit Makes It a Valuable Functional Food

Antioxidants, 2020
Several plant extracts are acquiring increasing value because of their antioxidant activity and hypolipidemic properties. Among them, great interest has been recently paid to açai fruit as a functional food.
Anna Virginia Adriana Pirozzi, Paola Imbimbo, Antonella D’Agostino, Virginia Tirino, Rosario Finamore, Daria Maria Monti, Renata Piccoli, Chiara Schiraldi   +7 more
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Aspectos socioeconômicos dos batedores de açaí dos municípios de Macapá e Santana no estado do Amapá -AP.

Confins, 2019
The açai beaters represents açai processing and sale points known as açai kneading machines or beers. This class occurs in a diffuse way in all the peripheries of the municipalities of the North of Brazil.
Lidiane de Vilhena Amanajás Miranda, Sérgio Barbosa de Miranda, Viviane Vanessa de Vilhena Amanajás   +2 more
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Nasal Acai polysaccharides potentiate innate immunity to protect against pulmonary Francisella tularensis and Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections.

PLoS Pathogens, 2012
Pulmonary Francisella tularensis and Burkholderia pseudomallei infections are highly lethal in untreated patients, and current antibiotic regimens are not always effective.
Jerod A Skyberg, MaryClare F Rollins, Jeff S Holderness, Nicole L Marlenee, Igor A Schepetkin, Andrew Goodyear, Steven W Dow, Mark A Jutila, David W Pascual   +8 more
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Euterpe Oleracea Martius (Açaí) Extract and Resistance Exercise Modulate Cardiac Parameters of Hypertensive Rats

Life
Background: The study evaluated the effects of resistance exercise training and açaí supplementation on cardiac parameters in hypertensive animals. Methods: For this study, rats from the Wistar and SHR lines (spontaneously hypertensive rats) were used ...
Pilar Barbosa de Meireles, Denise Coutinho de Miranda, Anselmo Gomes de Moura, Willian Cruz Ribeiro, Ângela Quinelato Oliveira, Luciano Bernardes Leite, Pedro Forte, Lúcia Ribeiro, Samuel G. Encarnação, Luiz Otávio Guimarães-Ervilha, Mariana Machado-Neves, Mariana Moura e Dias, Iasmim Xisto Campos, Emily Correna Carlo Reis, Maria do Carmo Gouveia Peluzio, Antônio José Natali, Victor Neiva Lavorato   +16 more
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Evaluation on hot/cold drug property of Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) by cytological study methods

World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2018
Objective: To determine the hot/cold of South American Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.). Materials and Methods: 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was performed to compare the influence of Açaí and phellodendron bark ...
Wei-Ming Lin, Wen-Jing Wu, Zi-Chen Wang, Wen-Ting Fei, Jian-Jun Zhang, Ping Xiong   +5 more
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