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Exploring antioxidative, cytotoxic and neuropharmacological insights into Bixa orellana leaves: Experimental and in silico approaches [PDF]

Heliyon
Background Study: The aim of this research was to examine possible antioxidant, cytotoxic and neurological activity of methanol and n-hexane extracts of Bixa orellana leaves.
Kishore Kumar Sarkar, Trina Mitra, Md Aktaruzzaman, Md Ahsan Abid, Md Asibur Rahman, Pradip Debnath, Samir Kumar Sadhu   +6 more
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Carotenoid Derivates in Achiote (Bixa orellana) Seeds: Synthesis and Health Promoting Properties [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Bixa orellana (family Bixaceae) is a neotropical fast growing perennial tree of great agro-industrial value because its seeds have a high carotenoid content, mainly bixin.
Renata Rivera-Madrid, Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, Yair Cárdenas-Conejo, Luz Elena Garza-Caligaris   +3 more
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Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Bixaceae e Malvaceae

Hoehnea
RESUMO Malvales é cosmopolita e constituída por dez famílias caracterizada especialmente pelos tricomas geralmente estrelados, cálice com estivação valvar, estames usualmente numerosos e presença de células de mucilagem. No Brasil, a ordem é representada
Thales Silva Coutinho, Marccus Alves
doaj   +2 more sources

Spectrophotometric determination of antiplasmodial cochloxanthins from roots of Cochlospermum planchonii Hook.f. (Bixaceae)

Scientific African, 2019
The roots and leaves of Cochlospermum planchonii and C. tinctorium are widely used in Burkina Faso as medication for malaria treatment. The cochloxanthins, carotenoids, are - at least partially - responsible for the antimalarial activity of Cochlospermum
Laura Bragagna, Maminata Traoré Coulibaly, Klaus Stolze, Jean Claude Ouédraogo, Sibidou Yougbaré, Zéphirin Pando Dakuyo, Johannes Novak   +6 more
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Nuevo registro de Amoreuxia gonzalezii (Bixaceae) para la península de Baja California, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
Se registra por primera vez la presencia de Amoreuxia gonzalezii para la península de Baja California; selocalizó en la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra La Laguna.
Juan Fernando Pío-León, José Luís León-De la Luz, Alfredo Ortega-Rubio   +2 more
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Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory potential of aqueous extracts of leaves, barks and roots of Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae) on acetaminophen-induced liver damage in mice [PDF]

Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2020
Objective: Bixa orellana is a plant from the Bixaceae family, for which, limited information is available on hepatoprotective properties. This study aimed at evaluating the protective effects of this plant on sub-acute acetaminophen (APAP)-induced liver ...
David Djibersou, Borris Rosnay Galani Tietcheu, Pascal Dieudonne Chuisseu, Nicolas Njintang   +3 more
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Caracterização química e atividades antioxidante e antifúngica do óleo essencial das flores de [Cochlospermum regium (Mart. ex Schrank.) Pilger] (Bixaceae)

Revista Principia, 2020
Este trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar o perfil químico e físico-químico e as atividades antioxidante e antifúngica do óleo essencial das flores de Cochlospermum regium. As flores foram coletadas em área de Cerrado ripário.
Antonio Carlos Pereira de Menezes Filho, Wendel Cruvinel de Sousa, Carlos Frederico de Souza Castro   +2 more
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Estudo anatômico do lenho de Bixa arborea Huber [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1982
Resumo Análise microscópica realizada em amostras de madeira de Bixa arborea Huber. da família Bixaceae, revelou a ocorrência de uma estrutura radial não exclusivamente parenquimatosa.
Lourdes Cobra Fedalto
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Woody and Herbaceous Species Diversity Respond Differently to Environmental Variables in Semiarid Areas in Ghana. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In the drylands of Ghana, the relative importance of various environmental drivers for plant species composition and diversity is still poorly understood and this affects the identification and implementation of appropriate management strategies.
Guuroh RT, Nero BF, Folega F, Oduro KA, Kalanzi F, Adeyiga GK, Asamoah AG, Appiah M, Obeng M, Amponsah E.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pest categorisation of Milviscutulus mangiferae

EFSA Journal, Volume 21, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Milviscutulus mangiferae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae), the mango shield scale, for the EU. The native range of M. mangiferae is uncertain. This species occurs widely in tropical and warmer subtropical regions throughout the world.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Spyridon Antonatos, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Dimitrios Papachristos, Alan MacLeod   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source