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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
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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
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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
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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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Characterization of Mineral Content in Fruits of Northeast Agrobiodiversity of Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022
Mineral profiles of eleven fruits from the northeastern Brazilian agrobiodiversity have been determined. Samples of cajui, murici, pequi, jenipapo, mangaba, bacuri, caja, umbu-caja, umbu, pitanga and araça fruits were digested and element content ...
Renata Carmo de Assis, Adriana Camurça Pontes Siqueira, João Pedro da Silva Oliveira, Francisco Luan Fonsêca da Silva, Wladiana Oliveira Matos, Sandro Thomaz Gouveia, Carla Soraya Costa Maia, Gisele Simone Lopes   +7 more
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“Wild cashew brings many benefits and even beauty”: use and extraction of Anacardium occidentale L. (cajuí) by communities in the Parnaíba River Delta, Northeast Brazil

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2023
Natural populations of cajuí (Anacardium occidentale L.) are ecologically and socioeconomically important for many people in Northeastern Brazil. This study focuses on the use and management of wild cashew in the communities Canárias in Maranhão and ...
Juliana Cardozo de Farias, Irlaine Rodrigues Vieira, Simon Joseph Mayo, Ivanilza Moreira de Andrade   +3 more
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Genetic diversity and structure in natural populations of Cajui from Brazilian Cerrado

Bioscience Journal, 2021
Cajui (Anacardium spp.) is a native fruit tree (small cashew) of the Brazilian Cerrado and possesses the potential for commercialization. However, cajui exploitation occurs exclusively through extractivism in the absence of conservation strategies.
Maria Fernanda da Costa Gomes, Artemisa Nazaré Costa Borges, Giovana Sarah Sales Batista, Gizele de Andrade Luz, Maria Edileide Alencar Oliveira, Ângela Celis de Almeida Lopes, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, Regina Lúcia Ferreira Gomes, Fábio Barros Britto, Paulo Sarmanho da Costa Lima, Sérgio Emílio dos Santos Valente   +10 more
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