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High-Quality Biodiesel Production from Buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) Oil Soapstock

Molecules, 2018
The buriti palm (Mauritia flexuosa) is a palm tree widely distributed throughout tropical South America. The oil extracted from the fruits of this palm tree is rich in natural antioxidants.
Samantha Siqueira Pantoja, Vanessa Albuquerque de Mescouto, Carlos Emmerson Ferreira da Costa, José Roberto Zamian, Geraldo Narciso da Rocha Filho, Luís Adriano Santos do Nascimento   +5 more
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Phenolic Compounds: From Traditional Uses to Innovative Applications and Everything in Between. [PDF]

Mol Nutr Food Res
This review deals with many aspects related to the study of phenolic compounds, starting with advances in extraction, detection, and quantification methods, going through bioavailability, bioactivity, and beneficial health properties, and discussing antioxidant and antimicrobial uses and mechanisms.
da Cunha MSB, Miguel CMTS, Lima EMF, Pinto UM, Prudêncio CV, Todorov SD.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cassava-Starch-Based Films Incorporated with Buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.) Oil: A New Active and Bioactive Material for Food Packaging Applications

Polysaccharides, 2022
The objective of this study was to develop and characterize cassava-starch-based films incorporated with buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.) oil and emulsifier (Tween 20).
Danusa Silva da Costa, Katiuchia Pereira Takeuchi, Richard Marins da Silva, Josemar Gonçalves de Oliveira Filho, Mirella Romanelli Vicente Bertolo, Celso Martins Belisário, Mariana Buranelo Egea, Geovana Rocha Plácido   +7 more
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Adding value to sociobiodiversity: quality and stability of buriti derivatives from the Cerrado biome [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality and shelf life of buriti oil and its coproduct, defatted cake, as high value-added food ingredients. The derivatives of buriti fruits were processed by a cooperative of family farmers in the north of
Renata Galhardo Borguini, Rodrigo Paranhos Monteiro, José Fábio Soares, Sidney Pacheco, Allan Eduardo Wilhelm, Monalisa Santana Coelho de Jesus, Rosemar Antoniassi, Regina Isabel Nogueira, Andrea Madalena Maciel Guedes   +8 more
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Review of Biological Activities of Some Rare Oils from Amazonian Plants [PDF]

Metabolites
Background/Objectives: A great biodiversity of compounds from Brazilian medicinal plants are considered to be a promising source for biological activities in the cosmetics and pharmaceuticals sectors.
Luana Merckling-Almeida da Silva, Nicolas Merckling, Enrico Bigi, Katiane Cunha de Melo, Iuliana Popa   +4 more
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Biocompatible Gels of Chitosan-Buriti Oil for Potential Wound Healing Applications. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2020
The buriti oil (Mauritia flexuosa L.) can be associated with polymeric matrices for biomedical applications. This study aimed to evaluate the e ect of chitosan gel (CG) associated with buriti oil (CGB) as a healing agent.
Ferreira MOG, Lima IS, Ribeiro AB, Lobo AO, Rizzo MS, Osajima JA, Estevinho LM, Silva-Filho EC.   +7 more
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Spray drying of buriti oil-in-water emulsions as potential systems for the delivery of bioactive compounds

Applied Food Research
Buriti, a native palm from the Amazonian rainforest, is a source of high-quality oil due to its high content of oleic acid and lipophilic antioxidant compounds such as β-carotene.
Greilis Quintero-Gamero, Francis S. Sánchez-Garzón, Aureliano Rodríguez-Cortina, María Hernández-Carrión, Luz Stella Nerio   +4 more
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Development and optimization of biodegradable fish gelatin composite film added with buriti oil

CyTA - Journal of Food, 2018
The goal of the present study was to determine, through full 23 factorial design, the optimum process conditions to develop a biodegradable film, made from gelatin with buriti oil (BO) as additive, characterizing their physical, mechanical, and ...
Natácia Da Silva E Silva, Enrique José Gregorio Pino Hernández, Cleidiane Da Silva Araújo, Maria Regina Sarkis Peixoto Joele, Lúcia de Fátima Henriques Lourenço   +4 more
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Intestinal morphometry and performance of broiler chickens subjected to diets with buriti oil [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2022
This study aimed to evaluate the productive performance, carcass yield, and intestinal morphometry of broiler chickens subjected to diets with the inclusion of buriti oil.
R. Santis, F.C.F. Albuquerque, R.L.S. Silva, L.R. Mesquita, I.D. Ferreira, L.R.B. Dourado, G.J.B.C. Ferreira   +6 more
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Preparação, caracterização e degradação de blendas PS/TPS usando glicerol e óleo de buriti como plastificantes Preparation, characterization and degradation of PS/TPS blends using glycerol and buriti oil as plastiscizers

Polímeros, 2010
Poliestireno (PS) é um dos materiais descartáveis mais usados no nosso cotidiano, mas ele não se decompõe facilmente. A adição de amido de mandioca ao PS pode melhorar a sua degradabilidade, tendo em vista ser o amido um polímero biodegradável.
Daniela Schlemmer, Maria J. A. Sales, Inês S. Resck   +2 more
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