Relationship between Secondary Metabolites, Antiradical Activities, and Colour Characteristics of Cochlospermum Tinctorium A. Rich. (Bixaceae) Root [PDF]
, 2019 International audienceCochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich. (Bixaceae) is a widespread herbaceous plant in the African sahelian and soudanian zones. Its root is used as food and medicinal plant.
Nguimbou, R. +5 more
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Corantes naturais de aplicação têxtil: avaliação preliminar da toxicidade de urucum Bixa orellana L. (Malvales: Bixaceae) e hibisco Hibiscus sabdariffa L. (Malvales: Malvaceae) [PDF]
, 2017 As empresas têxteis tem preocupações de caráter ambiental, especialmente em relação a seus processos industriais de produção, confecção e moda. Há um interesse do setor na investigação dos corantes naturais para uso em escala comercial, porém faltam ...
Doralice de Souza Luro Balan
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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 +2 more
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Bixa orellana LIPIDS AS A SOURCE OF GERANYLGERANIOL: EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES AND CHARACTERIZATION [PDF]
Química NovaBixa orellana L., known as annatto, is a plant in the Bixaceae family, widely used for its seeds rich in carotenoids, such as bixin (a natural dye) and geranylgeraniol (GGOH), an isoprenoid of interest for health and agriculture. This study evaluated the
Miguel A. Martinez Gutierrez +3 more
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Germination of annatto seeds according to different methods for breaking dormancy and temperatures
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2013 Bixa orellana L. is a perennial plant known as annatto or achiote, which belongs to the Bixaceae family and is widely used in cooking, due to its properties of natural dye, whose germination is affected by its own characteristics.
Dayana Rotili Nunes Picolotto +4 more
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Linked collectors and determiners for: Bixa atlantica sp. nov. (Bixaceae), a new species of wild annatto from the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. [PDF]
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Bixa atlantica sp. nov. (Bixaceae), a new species of wild annatto from the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil".
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Carotenoid Derivates in Achiote (Bixa orellana) Seeds: Synthesis and Health Promoting Properties
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 +3 more
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Pollination efficiency by bee guilds (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) to annatto flowers, Bixa orellana L.1753 (Bixaceae) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyInsect’s pollination is essential in the maintaining of species abundance and diversity in the biomes. Bees are the most common pollinators of flowering plants, being their services very important in the conservation of biotope and biodiversity. The aims
K. S. Arteman +4 more
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Induction of liver monooxygenases by annatto and bixin in female rats
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2003 Annatto or urucum is an orange-yellow dye obtained from Bixa orellana seeds. It has been used as a natural dye in a variety of food products, drugs and cosmetics, and also in Brazilian cuisine as a condiment ('colorau').
A.C.A.X. De-Oliveira +3 more
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Journal of Chemistry, 2013 The Brazilian flora was widely used as source of food and natural remedies to treat various diseases. Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae), also known as annatto, urucù, or achiote, is a symbol for the Amazonian tribes that traditionally use its seeds as coloured
Annamaria Giorgi +4 more
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