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Phenolics, tannins, flavonoids and anthocyanins contents influenced antioxidant and anticancer activities of Rubus fruits from Western Ghats, India

Food Science and Human Wellness, 2019
Rubus fruits are rich in nutrition with a wide range of phytochemical and consumed by humans, but many of its wild varieties are not commercially useful.
Kasipandi Muniyandi, Elizabeth George, Saikumar Sathyanarayanan, Blassan P. George, Heidi Abrahamse, Suman Thamburaj, Parimelazhagan Thangaraj   +6 more
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Antibacterial Activity and Antibiotic Potentiation of Melipona rufiventris Bioproducts Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

Natural Product Communications
Objective Based on this premise, the present study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of wax (EECMr) and fermented pollen (EEPMr), as well as pure honey (HMr) from Melipona rufiventris , against multi-resistant strains of ...
Antonio Henrique Bezerra, Suieny Rodrigues Bezerra, Cristina Rodrigues dos Santos Barbosa, Débora Feitosa Muniz, Débora de Menezes Dantas, Zildene de Sousa Silveira, Nair Silva Macêdo, Thaís Ferreira da Silva, Cícera Datiane de Morais Oliveira-Tintino, Henrique Douglas de Melo Coutinho, José Galberto Martins da Costa, Hélcio Silva dos Santos, Francisco Assis Bezerra da Cunha   +12 more
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5,6-Dihydro-5,6-Epoxymultiplolide A, Cytosporone C, and Uridine Production by Diaporthe hongkongensis, an Endophytic Fungus from Minquartia guianensis

Microorganisms
Endophytic fungi are valuable sources of bioactive secondary metabolites, with potential applications in pharmaceutical and agricultural fields. This study investigates the metabolic potential of Diaporthe hongkongensis, an endophytic fungus isolated ...
Andrei da Silva Alexandre, Luana Lopes Casas, David Ribeiro da Silva, Cecilia Veronica Nunez   +3 more
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Bioprospecting

, 2001
Bioprospecting is the systematic search for genes, natural compounds designs and whole organisms in wild life with a potential for product development by biological observation and biophsical, biochemical, and genetic methods, without discruption to ...
Tamayo Castillo, Giselle, Mateo, Nicolás, Nader, Werner F.   +2 more
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Bioprospecting with prior ecological information [PDF]

, 1999
Bioprospecting has been touted as a source of finance for biodiversity conservation. Recent work has suggested that the bioprospecting value of the "marginal unit" of genetic resources is likely to be vanishingly small, creating essentially no ...
Small, Arthur A., Rausser, Gordon C.
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Endophytic Species of the Genus Colletotrichum as a Source of Bioactive Metabolites: A Review of Their Biotechnological Potential

Microorganisms
The genus Colletotrichum is widely known for its phytopathological significance, especially as the causative agent of anthracnose in diverse agricultural crops.
Manuela Vitoria Nascimento da Silva, Andrei da Silva Alexandre, Cecilia Veronica Nunez   +2 more
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Bioprospecting and Biopiracy: An International Debate

, 2013
: Bioprospecting is the exploration of biodiversity in search of new resources with potential economic value. Since the colonial era, bioprospecting has led to the innovation of many valuable medical and commercial products.

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Green fabrication of zincite nanoparticles from underutilized biomass residue with their physicochemical characterization and antifungal analysis

Discover Chemistry
This study presents a sustainable green synthesis method for zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using Shorea robusta (SR) sawdust waste extract and evaluates their antifungal potential for wood protection.
Gaurav Pandey, Vinay Kumar Varshney, Rajeev Gupta, Radhika Khanna, Charu Pant   +4 more
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Sea cucumber (Holothuria glaberrima) intestinal microbiome dataset from Puerto Rico, generated by shotgun sequencing

Data in Brief
The sea cucumber (H. glaberrima) is a species found in the shallow waters near coral reefs and seagrass beds in Puerto Rico. To characterize the microbial taxonomic composition and functional profiles present in the sea cucumber, total DNA was obtained ...
Edwin Omar Rivera-Lopez, Rene Nieves-Morales, Gabriela Melendez-Martinez, Jessica Alejandra Paez-Diaz, Sofia Marie Rodriguez-Carrio, Josue Rodriguez-Ramos, Luis Morales-Valle, Carlos Rios-Velazquez   +7 more
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Does Resource Commercialization Induce Local Conservation? A Cautionary Tale From Southwestern Morocco [PDF]

Ecotourism, bioprospecting and non-timber product marketing have been promoted recently as market-based instruments for environment protection, but without sound understanding of the resulting net conservation effects.
Narjisse, Hamid, Barrett, Christopher B., Lybbert, Travis J.   +2 more
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