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The bioactive constituents and antioxidant activities of ten selected Brazilian Cerrado fruits [PDF]

Food Chemistry: X, 2022
This study measured the total levels of phenolic, anthocyanin, carotenoid, and tocopherol compounds, and vitamin C in ten fruits from the Brazilian Cerrado: araçá-boi, bacaba, bacupari, biribá, cajuí, curriola, marmelada-espinho, mirindiba, murici, and ...
Paulo Rogério Siriano Borges, Merete Edelenbos, Erik Larsen, Thais Hernandes, Elisângela Elena Nunes, Eduardo Valério de Barros Vilas Boas, Caroline Roberta Freitas Pires   +6 more
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Determination of water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in Brazilian tropical fruits by High Performance Liquid Chromatography [PDF]

Heliyon, 2020
Vitamins are organic compounds essential for normal physiological functioning and they need to be provided in adequate amounts by the diet. They are nutrients mainly associated to fruit consumption, playing an important role in the cellular function ...
Renata Carmo de Assis, Rafaela de Lima Gomes Soares, Adriana Camurça Pontes Siqueira, Veridiana Vera de Rosso, Paulo Henrique Machado de Sousa, Ana Erbênia Pereira Mendes, Eveline de Alencar Costa, Alessandra Pinheiro de Góes Carneiro, Carla Soraya Costa Maia   +8 more
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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Crude Extracts and Fractions of Cashew (<i>Anacardium occidentale</i> L.), Cajui <i>(Anacardium microcarpum)</i>, and Pequi (<i>Caryocar brasiliense</i> C.): A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2018
The accentuated increase in the use of medicinal plants by the population to treat diseases makes it necessary to carry out pharmacological studies in order to contribute to the scientific knowledge and clarify the mechanisms involved in the main compounds present in these plants.
Baptista A, Gonçalves RV, Bressan J, Pelúzio MDCG.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Therapeutic Potential of Natural Antioxidants. [PDF]

Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2018
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018.
Ramana KV, Reddy ABM, Majeti NVRK, Singhal SS.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Anacardium microcarpum Promotes Neuroprotection Dependently of AKT and ERK Phosphorylation but Does Not Prevent Mitochondrial Damage by 6-OHDA. [PDF]

Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2018
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative and progressive illness characterized by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. 6‐hydroxydopamine (6‐OHDA) is a widespread model for induction of molecular and behavioral alterations similar to Parkinson and has contributed for testing of compounds with neuroprotective potential.
Martins IK, de Carvalho NR, Macedo GE, Rodrigues NR, Ziech CC, Vinadé L, Filho VMB, Menezes IA, Franco J, Posser T.   +9 more
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Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019
We investigated the influence of socioeconomic factors (age, gender, and occupation) on the local knowledge of medicinal plants in the Araripe National Forest, Brazil, and the priority of conservation of the species as perceived by people. Additionally, priority species for in situ conservation were identified by calculating conservation priority (CP).
da Silva NF, Hanazaki N, Albuquerque UP, Almeida Campos JL, Feitosa IS, Araújo EL.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Phytocompounds and modulatory effects of Anacardium microcarpum (cajui) on antibiotic drugs used in clinical infections [PDF]

Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2015
Valter M Barbosa-Filho,1,2 Emily P Waczuk,2 Nadghia F Leite,3 Irwin RA Menezes,1 José GM da Costa,1 Sírleis R Lacerda,1 Isaac A Adedara,2 Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho,4 Thais Posser,5 Jean P Kamdem2,6 1Departamento de Ciê ...
Barbosa-Filho VM, Waczuk EP, Leite NF, Menezes IRA, da Costa JGM, Lacerda SR, Adedara IA, Coutinho HDM, Posser T, Kamdem JP   +9 more
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Anacardium microcarpum extract and fractions protect against paraquat-induced toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]

EXCLI J, 2017
Anacardium microcarpum Ducke (Anacardiaceae) is a native species of Brazil used in folk medicine for the treatment of several illnesses although its antioxidant activity has been reported in vitro, there is no evidence of this effect in an in vivo model.
Müller KR, Martins IK, Rodrigues NR, da Cruz LC, Barbosa Filho VM, Macedo GE, da Silva GF, Kamdem JP, de Menezes IRA, Franco JL, Posser T.   +10 more
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ESTUDO DA POSSIBILIDADE DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE UMA GESTÃO PARTICIPATIVA EM UMA LOJA DE VAREJO NA CIDADE DE JUAZEIRO/BA [PDF]

Revista Estudos e Pesquisas em Administração, 2020
A gestão participativa, um tema pouco adotado no âmbito empresarial que é o processo de tomadas de decisão sobre a administração das organizações, contribui para as melhorias no ambiente de trabalho, onde os gerentes participam das decisões junto com os ...
Carmicelia Fidiel Dos Santos Cajuí, Patricia Emanuelle Araujo, Mercia Maria da Silva Souza, Florisvaldo Cunha Cavalcante Junior   +3 more
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Evaluation of traditional fire management in the Brazilian Cerrado [PDF]

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2020
Fire is a natural component of ecosystems and has been widely used by indigenous peoples in the management of tropical savannas. However, in recent decades, policies aimed at the exclusion of fire have suppressed the use of burns and the related ...
Rodrigo de Moraes Falleiro, Marcelo Trindade Santana, Pedro Paulo Xerente, José Adilson dos Santos   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources