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Phytochemistry and pharmacological advances of Ascophyllum nodosum in the management of human diseases: A comprehensive review

Phytomedicine Plus
Background: Ascophyllum nodosum, a brown alga, is a potential natural remedy with a diverse application for disease prevention and therapeutic support. It contains a variety of biologically active phyto-compounds that show a vast array of pharmacological
Brijesh Singh Chauhan, Yash Pal Singh
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Alternatives in bean fertilization to reduce the application of N-urea

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2015
As a result of the increasing use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers and their economic and environmental impacts, it is necessary to search for alternative methods to improve soil fertility, such as biological nitrogen fixation and/or alternative ...
Juliano Garcia Bertoldo, Amanda Pelisser, Raquel Paz da Silva, Rodrigo Favreto, Luciene Antunes Dias de Oliveira   +4 more
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A new approach to induce mango shoot maturation in Brazilian semi-arid environment

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2018
The shoot maturation phase is important for growing mangoes because it precedes the floral induction, when plants are under stress caused by high temperatures and low water availability.
Italo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante, Guilherme Neves Ferreira dos Santos, Marcelle Almeida da Silva, Rogério dos Santos Martins, Augusto Miguel Nascimento Lima, Pedro Igor Rodrigues Modesto, Adilson Monteiro Alcobia, Tullyus Rubens de Souza Silva, Renata Araújo e Amariz, Márkilla Zunete Beckmann-Cavalcante   +9 more
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Alginate from seaweed and microbes: Sources, green extraction, functional properties, and food applications

Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract Alginate, a renewable polysaccharide produced by brown seaweeds and selected bacterial species, has gained significant attention due to its tunable gelation behavior, biocompatibility, and wide utility in food, biomedical, and packaging applications.
Mehvish Habib, Sakshi Singh, Kulsum Jan, Khalid Bashir   +3 more
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Efeito do extrato de algas no desempenho germinativo e crescimento radicular em sementes de feijão BRS Estilo em resposta a diferentes métodos de aplicação

Hoehnea, 2021
RESUMO The biostimulating potential of algae extracts represents an opportunity to increase efficiency in food production. Cultivable microalgae are viable candidates due to the high production capacity.
Nair Hildelgard Soares dos Santos, Ana Clara Duarte Silveira, Valéria de Oliveira Fernandes, Levi Pompermayer Machado   +3 more
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Marine Macroalgae as a Safe Healthy Food While Meeting Food Security Challenges Arising From Climate Changes

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Planned harvesting and processing of marine macroalgae could meet future global food needs and mitigate fuel‐originated carbon dioxide responsible for climate change. Microalgal foods are nutritious and safe. The utilization of macroalgae would avoid environmental problems arising from the release of overgrowing macroalgae caused by heatwaves, which ...
Upali Samarajeewa
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Drought Risk in Mango and Avocado Orchards: Insights Into Plant Water Relations and Irrigation‐Related Agronomic Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
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Recent advances of emergent extraction technologies to enhance bioactive compounds extraction of microalgae—An overview towards application in cosmetics

International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
Microalgae extracts show immense potential in cosmetics for their bioactivities; emerging extraction techniques enhance bioactive compound yield from microalgae. Abstract Microalgae have attracted significant interest in numerous sectors, particularly in the cosmetic industries, owing to their rich composition of bioactive compounds. This paper aims to
Alireza Mousakhani Ganjeh, Lucília da P. da Silva, Carlos A. Pinto, Rosário Martins, Alexandra P. Marques, Jorge A. Saraiva   +5 more
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Key metabolites secreted by Chlorella vulgaris alleviate salt stress in soybean seedlings

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Chlorella vulgaris secretes exosome‐derived linolenic acid and inosine, which alleviate salt stress and enhance salt tolerance in soybean seedlings by activating stress‐responsive signaling networks. ABSTRACT Soil salinization is a major abiotic stress factor that reduces soybean production.
Yunyi Shi, Ruitong Chen, Kai Jiang, Aijuan Jiang, Jianchao Yang, Hongli Cui, Min Chen   +6 more
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RESPIRATION AND IODINE UPTAKE IN ASCOPHYLLUM

The Biological Bulletin, 1953
1. Iodine uptake by Ascophyllum was found to be related to the respiratory process on the basis of the following experiments: the uptake of radioactive iodine was stimulated by glucose and sucrose and was inhibited by iodoacetic acid, azide and cyanide.
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