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Liver Injury Associated With Irregular Herbal Products: A Translational Case Series With Chemical Authentication and Causality Assessment Using the Updated RUCAM. [PDF]

Case Reports Hepatol
Background Herb‐induced liver injury (HILI) represents an increasing diagnostic challenge owing to the widespread use of herbal and dietary supplements (HDS), which are frequently consumed without reliable information regarding their composition or safety.
Góis FL, de Souza RSDA, Paraná R, Nunes V, Júnior GOS, do Vale AE.   +5 more
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On Genus Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne (Araceae) in Cuba

Agrisost, 2021
Context: The presence in several Cuban cities of Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne (Araceae), which has been poorly and unelaborately published in the scientific literature, encouraged researchers to conduct a systematic, phytogeographic, and ethnobotanical
Roeris González-Sivilla, Isidro E. Méndez Santos   +1 more
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<i>Amorphophallus konjac</i>: traditional uses, bioactive potential, and emerging health applications. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Amorphophallus konjac is a perennial plant native to Southeast Asia, renowned for its edible corms and rich nutritional value. The bioactive component, konjac glucomannan (KGM), has garnered significant attention due to its broad applications.
Jain A, Sarsaiya S, Gong Q, Wu Q, Shi J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effects of Wet Extraction Parameters on Glucomannan Purity and Calcium Oxalate Reduction in Porang (Amorphophallus oncophyllus) Tuber Flour. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Porang tuber is one of the commodities containing high glucomannan, which increases the body’s immunity and reduces cholesterol, blood sugar, and body weight. However, porang tubers contain calcium oxalate, which hurts the human body. The study aimed to define the effect of soaking ratio, solvent concentration, and processing time on the purification ...
Herawati H, Arif AB, Suparlan S, Kusnandar F, Agustinisari I, Widowati S, Suhirman S, Misgiyarta M, Bachtiar M, Hernani H, Hamaisa A, Marwati T, Fetriyuna F, Eris FR, Hastuti N.   +14 more
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AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC AND POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is that the commonest reproductive endocrine disorder among women of reproductive age, affecting high of population worldwide.
Ehab S. Hussein, Ahmed R. Abu-Raghif, Hala A. Almuaid   +2 more
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De novo transcriptome and small RNA analyses of two amorphophallus species.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Konjac is one of the most important glucomannan crops worldwide. The breeding and genomic researches are largely limited by the genetic basis of Amorphophallus. In this study, the transcriptomes of A. konjac and A.
Ying Diao, Chaozhu Yang, Mi Yan, Xingfei Zheng, Surong Jin, Youwei Wang, Zhongli Hu   +6 more
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Cloning and evaluation of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR analysis in Amorphophallus [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) has been widely used in the detection and quantification of gene expression levels because of its high accuracy, sensitivity, and reproducibility as well as its large dynamic range.
Kai Wang, Yi Niu, Qijun Wang, Haili Liu, Yi Jin, Shenglin Zhang   +5 more
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Embryogenesis and plant regeneration from unpollinated ovaries of Amorphophallus konjac [PDF]

, 2016
The system of somatic embryogenesis of Amorphophallus konjac had been built through unpollinated ovaries. The embryogenic calli were induced on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented with 9.0 μM 6- benzylaminopurine (BA), 0.4 μM 2 ...
Wu, Jinping, Hu, Zhongli, Zhao, Lingling, Diao, Ying   +3 more
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A novel global hydrodynamic analysis of the molecular flexibility of the dietary fibre polysaccharide konjac glucomannan [PDF]

, 2009
Konjac glucomannans have been widely considered in health food products although their hydrodynamic properties have been poorly understood. The weight-average molecular weight (Mw); sedimentation coefficient (s020,w) and intrinsic viscosities ([η]) have
Kok, M. S., Ang, S., Morris, Gordon, Abdelhameed, A. S., Harding, S. E.   +4 more
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Screening of successive extracts of Amorphophallus konjac for antibacterial activity [PDF]

, 2015
Amorphophallus is an Aroid family member, native to Asia. Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch ex N.E.Br. is also known as snake plant due to snake like outlines on its stem. In Mount Abu the plant is grown in wild and known for its toxic principles.
Menghani, E, Khokar, A
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