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Chromosome-scale, single haploid assembly of achiote (Bixa orellana) [PDF]

BMC Genomic Data
Objectives Bixa orellana, commonly known as achiote, is the domesticated species within the Bixa genus. It is a commercially important plant due to its high bixin content, primarily used as a pigment in the food industry.
Meric C. Lieberman, Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, David Chan-Rodriguez, Luca Coma, Renata Rivera-Madrid, Isabelle M. Henry   +5 more
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Synergistic Pain-Reducing Effects of Bixa orellana (Chronic^® and Chronic In^®) and Cannabidiol-Rich Cannabis sativa Extracts in Experimental Pain Models [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals
Background: The present study aimed to evaluate the potential synergy between pharmaceutical formulations containing Bixa orellana L. (granulated—CHR OR and injectable nanodispersion—CHR IN) in conjunction with a cannabidiol (CBD)-rich extract of ...
Alicia de Melo Santos, Helison de Oliveira Carvalho, Danna Emanuelle Santos Gonçalves, Luciana Paes Gomes, Nayara Nilcia Dias Colares, Abrahão Victor Tavares de Lima Teixeira dos Santos, Adrielly Yasmin Sousa dos Santos, Thiago Afonso Teixeira, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho   +8 more
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Investigation on the effect of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy as an adjunct for management of deep caries lesions—study protocol for a randomized, parallel groups, controlled clinical trial [PDF]

Trials, 2023
Background Alternatively to conventional treatments, chemo-mechanical caries removal agents can be used. A modality of treatment that has been increasing in dentistry is antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT).
Luiz Filipe Barbosa Martins, Leandro Rodrigues de Sena, Diego Martins de Paula, Victor Pinheiro Feitosa, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Lara Jansiski Motta, Marcela Leticia Leal Gonçalves, Sandra Kalil Bussadori   +9 more
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Antimalarial Evaluation of the Chemical Constituents of Hairy Root Culture of Bixa orellana L.

Molecules, 2014
Over 216 million malaria cases are reported annually worldwide and about a third of these cases, primarily children under the age of five years old, will not survive the infection.
Julie Clark, Taotao Ling, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar   +2 more
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Study of Essential Oil Isolated from Achiote (Bixa orellana) Leaves: Chemical Composition, Enantiomeric Distribution and Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Anticholinesterase Activities [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2023
Bixa orellana is a native and cultivated species of Ecuador commonly known as achiote (annatto), this species is very versatile with a wide variety of uses and applications of its leaves, fruits and seeds.
Eduardo Valarezo, Silvia Torres-Torres, Nohely Pineda-Guarnizo, Ximena Jaramillo-Fierro, Luis Cartuche, Vladimir Morocho, Miguel Angel Meneses   +6 more
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Flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil: Bixaceae [PDF]

Rodriguésia, 2023
The present study is part of the Flora of Espírito Santo project and aimed to survey and describe the morphological diversity of species of Bixaceae from Espírito Santo state, Brazil, as well as to provide data on geographical distribution, biology, and ...
Guilherme de Medeiros Antar, Elton John de Lírio, Roberto Baptista Pereira Almeida, Paulo Takeo Sano   +3 more
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Organic Electronics from Nature: Computational Investigation of the Electronic and Optical Properties of the Isomers of Bixin and Norbixin Present in the Achiote Seeds

Molecules, 2022
Organic compounds have been employed in developing new green energy solutions with good cost-efficiency compromise, such as photovoltaics. The light-harvesting process in these applications is a crucial feature that still needs improvements.
Igo Tôrres Lima, Josiel da Silva Crispim, Olimpio Pereira de Sá Neto, Rafael Timóteo de Sousa Júnior, Luiz Antônio Ribeiro Júnior, Demétrio Antonio da Silva Filho   +5 more
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Molecular interaction of natural dye based on Zea Mays and Bixa Orellana to nanocrystalline TiO2 into dye sensitized solar cells.

Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering, 2021
This work studies the interaction between natural dyes obtained from Peruvian Zea mays and Bixa orellana seeds and nanostructured titanium dioxide in order to evaluate their function as sensitizers into solar cell devices.
Arnold Anthony Huamán Aguirre, Karim Salazar Salinas, María Quintana Cáceda   +2 more
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Using full chloroplast genomes of ‘red’ and ‘yellow’ Bixa orellana (achiote) for kmer based identification and phylogenetic inference

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Full chloroplast genomes provide high resolution taxonomic discrimination between closely related plant species and are quickly replacing single and multi-locus barcoding regions as reference materials of choice for DNA based taxonomic ...
Jorge Villacrés-Vallejo, José Aranda-Ventura, Anna Wallis, Robin Cagle, Sara M. Handy, Jeffery Davis, Elizabeth Reed, Shu Zhang, Errol Strain, Monica Pava-Ripoll, David Erickson, Padmini Ramachandran, Andrea Ottesen   +12 more
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Evaluación de propiedades fisicoquímicas de aceite de girasol (Helianthus annuus) adicionado con extracto de achiote (Bixa orellana) durante calentamiento en horno microondas

Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana, 2016
Antecedentes: la cocción de alimentos en horno microondas es una tendencia en aumento en la población en general, sin que se tenga en cuenta el efecto sobre su calidad.
Julie Naranjo1; Yenny Dueñas, Obradith Caicedo, Arjuna Castrillón   +2 more
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