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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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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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Leaves of Moringa oleifera Are Potential Source of Bioactive Compound β-Carotene: Evidence from In Silico and Quantitative Gene Expression Analysis

Molecules, 2023
Moringa oleifera is rich in bioactive compounds such as beta-carotene, which have high nutritional values and antimicrobial applications. Several studies have confirmed that bioactive-compound-based herbal medicines extracted from the leaves, seeds ...
Ghazala Muteeb, Mohammad Aatif, Mohd Farhan, Abdulrahman Alsultan, Adil Alshoaibi, Mir Waqas Alam   +5 more
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ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF BIXIN PIGMENT FROM ANNATTO (Bixa orellana L.) SEEDS

Indonesian Journal of Chemistry, 2010
Research on Bixa orellana L. have been done to isolate, identify and determine bixin percentage, the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of bixin from B. orellana seed.
Pipin T. Kurniawati, H. Soetjipto, Leenawati Limantara   +2 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

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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Cardinal temperatures and thermal requirements for the initial development of two Brazilian native species [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2019
: The objective of this work was to estimate the cardinal temperatures and to quantify the thermal requirements for the initial development of seedlings of the native tree species Citharexylum myrianthum and Bixa orellana.
Mábele de Cássia Ferreira, Fabrina Bolzan Martins, Gabriel Wilson Lorena Florêncio, João Pedro Guimarães Cândido Silva, Liliana Auxiliadora Avelar Pereira Pasin   +4 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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Desarrollo de un tinte cosmético a base de semilla de Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae) y evaluación de su efecto in vitro

Scientia Agropecuaria, 2018
El estudio tuvo como finalidad desarrollar un tinte cosmético natural a base de semilla de Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae) y evaluar su efecto in vitro. Para el desarrollo del tinte cosmético de la semilla de Bixa orellana L.
Carmen I. Ayala-Jara, Ericson F. Castillo-Saavedra, Katterine Y. Alfaro-Avalos, Eva Aspiros-Freyre, Luis E. Seclén-Ayala   +4 more
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Evaluation of Antihelminthic Activity of Bixa orellana

Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 2021
Intestinal worms are common problems in remote and rural areas of India. The communities of remote areas use some wild plants to treat intestinal worms. Among them, Bixa orellana is a monogenic plant of family Bixaceae, popularly known as lipstick tree or Annatto and locally called as Sinduri.
Swastiprava Das, Sugimani Marndi, Susanta Kumar Biswal, Tikendrajit Baro, Ramesh Singh, Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Rikina Choudhury, Sanjeet Kumar   +7 more
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Glomus halonatum Rose & Trappe (Glomeromycota) in South America: comments on the morphological characteristics of the species Glomus halonatum Rose & Trappe (Glomeromycota) na América do Sul: comentários sobre a morfologia das espécies

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2009
Ornamented glomerospores of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus were collected from an area of Atlantic Forest in Goiana (Pernambuco, Brazil). The area had been cultivated with Coffea canephora Pierre ex.
Bruno Tomio Goto, Cynthia Maria Carneiro Costa, Leonor Costa Maia   +2 more
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