Endothelium-Dependent Vasorelaxant Effect of Butanolic Fraction from Caryocar brasiliense Camb. Leaves in Rat Thoracic Aorta. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012 Caryocar brasiliense Camb. “pequi” is a native plant from the Cerrado region of Brazil that contains bioactive components reported to be antioxidant agents. Previous work has demonstrated that dietary supplementation with pequi decreased the arterial pressure of volunteer athletes. We found that the crude hydroalcoholic extract (CHE) of C.
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The pequi pulp oil (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) provides protection against aging-related anemia, inflammation and oxidative stress in Swiss mice, especially in females. [PDF]
Genet Mol Biol, 2018 Continued exposure to reactive oxygen species and inflammation are the rationale behind aging theories and associated diseases. Scientific evidence corroborates the ethnomedicinal use of the oil of pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.), a typical Brazilian ...
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Efeitos de diferentes tratamentos na germinação do pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) Effects of different treatments in the germination of pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 1994 Sementes de pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) provenientes de frutos coletados do chão e "de vez", foram submetidas aos seguintes tratamentos: choques térmicos úmido (80ºC/15 min) e seco (80ºC/15 min e 50ºC/30, 60, 90 e 120 min), ácido giberélico 100mg ...
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Distribution of galling insects and their parasitoids on Caryocar brasiliense tree crowns [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) is widely distributed in the Brazilian savanna and its fruits are used by humans for food, production of cosmetics, lubricants, and in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Caryocaraceae) and comparative analysis brings new insights into the plastome evolution of Malpighiales. [PDF]
Genet Mol Biol, 2020 Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae) is a Neotropical tree species widely distributed in Brazilian Savannas. This species is very popular in central Brazil mainly by the use of its fruits in the local cuisine, and indeed it is one of the candidates ...
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Association between interleukin 6 -174 G/C promoter gene polymorphism and runners' responses to the dietary ingestion of antioxidant supplementation based on pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) oil: a before-after study. [PDF]
Genet Mol Biol, 2016 Exercise is a double-edged sword: when practiced in moderation, it increases the expression of antioxidant enzymes, but when practiced strenuously it causes oxidative stress and cell damage.
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Bioactive Compounds of Food: Their Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Diseases. [PDF]
Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2019 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019.
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Evaluation of the cytotoxicity and phototoxicity of Caryocar brasiliense supercritical carbon dioxide extract. [PDF]
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2014 Caryocar brasiliense Camb (Pequi) is a typical Brazilian Cerrado fruit tree. Its fruit is used as a vitamin source for culinary purposes and as a source of oil for the manufacture of cosmetics. C.
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Phytomedicine Plus, 2022 Background: Cutaneous malignant melanoma is a skin cancer type highly resistant to standard cancer therapies. Natural compounds have been reported as important sources for the creation of new drugs for cancer treatment.
Jéssica Nayara Basílio Silva +8 more
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Evaluation of the Effects of Some Brazilian Medicinal Plants on the Production of TNF- α and CCL2 by THP-1 Cells. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015 Several plant species are traditionally used in Brazil to treat various inflammatory diseases. Tumor necrosis factor‐ (TNF‐) α and chemokine (C‐C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) are key inflammatory mediators in diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, respectively; nevertheless, only a few extracts have been assayed against these targets.
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