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Taninos hidrolisáveis em Bixa orellana L. [PDF]

Química Nova, 2006
The aqueous material found in the fruits of Bixa Orellana L. was collected, dried, and characterized using several experimental techniques, namely phytochemical analysis in order to identify the biologically active constituents, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy for vibrational analysis, and X-ray powder diffraction in order to identify ...
Ricardo Jorge Cruz Lima, Antonio Jeferson de Deus Moreno, Solange Fernanda Loureiro de Castro, José de Ribamar Santos Gonçalves, Antonio Benedito de Olivera, José Marcos Sasaki, Paulo de Tarso Cavalcante Freire   +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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De novo transcriptome sequencing in Bixa orellana to identify genes involved in methylerythritol phosphate, carotenoid and bixin biosynthesis. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundBixin or annatto is a commercially important natural orange-red pigment derived from lycopene that is produced and stored in seeds of Bixa orellana L.
Aguilar-Espinosa, Margarita, Carballo-Uicab, Víctor, Comai, Luca, Cárdenas-Conejo, Yair, Lieberman, Meric, Rivera-Madrid, Renata   +5 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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Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela [PDF]

, 2019
The adult scarab beetle fauna of the canopy in a lowland tropical rainforest in southern Venezuela was observed and collected by means of a 42 m-tall tower crane for a complete year.
Kirmse, Susan, Ratcliffe, Brett C.
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The complete chloroplast genome of the lipstick tree, Bixa Orellana (Bixaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Bixa orellana is a small tree known for its red, oil-soluble pigment contained in the seed coat that is used as a natural dye and food coloring. In this study, we assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast genome of B.
Seping Dai, Xuwen Li, Jianzhong Ni, Lin Ruan, Renchao Zhou, Wei Lun Ng   +5 more
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Traditional Uses, Chemical Constituents, and Biological Activities of Bixa orellana L.: A Review

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
Bixa orellana L., popularly known as “urucum,” has been used by indigenous communities in Brazil and other tropical countries for several biological applications, which indicates its potential use as an active ingredient in pharmaceutical products.
Daniela de Araújo Vilar, Marina Suênia de Araujo Vilar, Túlio Flávio Accioly de Lima e Moura, Fernanda Nervo Raffin, Márcia Rosa de Oliveira, Camilo Flamarion de Oliveira Franco, Petrônio Filgueiras de Athayde-Filho, Margareth de Fátima Formiga Melo Diniz, José Maria Barbosa-Filho   +8 more
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