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Antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticholinesterase activities of plant seed extracts from Brazilian semiarid region. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2013
The antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticholinesterase activities of ethanolic seed extracts of twenty‐one plant species from Brazilian semiarid region were investigated. The extracts were tested for antimicrobial activity against six bacteria strains and three yeasts.
Farias DF, Souza TM, Viana MP, Soares BM, Cunha AP, Vasconcelos IM, Ricardo NM, Ferreira PM, Melo VM, Carvalho AF.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Medicinal plants used as antitumor agents in Brazil: an ethnobotanical approach. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2011
In this study, we describe the medicinal plants that have been reported to be antitumor agents and that have been used in ethnobotanic research in Brazil to answer the following questions: what is the abundance of plants reported to be antitumor in Brazil?
de Melo JG, Santos AG, de Amorim EL, do Nascimento SC, de Albuquerque UP.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Angiosperms from the Araripe National Forest, Ceará, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2012
This study provides a species list of the angiosperms from the Araripe National Forest (ANF) in the south part of Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. The floristic survey recorded 188 species from 55 Angiosperm families. The most species-rich families were
Suelma Ribeiro-Silva, Marcelo Medeiros, Beatriz Gomes, Emídia Seixas, Maria da Silva   +4 more
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Taxonomic Distribution of Medicinal Plants for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Cue to Novel Drugs

International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder manifested by decline in memory and mild cognitive impairment leading to dementia. Despite global occurrence of AD, the severity and hence onset of dementia vary among different regions, which was correlated with the customary use of medicinal herbs and exposure level to the causatives.
Muhammad Kamran, Rehana Kousar, Shakir Ullah, Siraj Khan, Muhammad Farooq Umer, Haroon Ur Rashid, Zakir Khan, Muhammad Ijaz Khan Khattak, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Francesco Panza   +9 more
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FIXED OIL DERIVED FROM Caryocar coriaceum (PEQUI FRUIT) PREVENTS TISSUE AND FUNCTIONAL ALTERATIONS IN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM INDUCED HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION ORIGINATING FROM BIOMASS

Environmental Smoke, 2023
The reuse of biomass residue can be in different ways, such as pellets obtained through the compaction of green coconut shell. Despite the advantages, studies relate the burning of biomass as the main source of household air pollution.
Allison Matias de Sousa, Fladimir de Lima Gondim, Gilvan Ribeiro dos Santos, Marcelle Ferreira Moura, Ruth Mesquita Ferreira, Daniel Silveira Serra, Antônia Torres Ávila Pimenta, Mona Lisa Moura de Oliveira, Francisco Sales Ávila Cavalcante   +8 more
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Caracterização física de frutos do pequizeiro nativos da chapada do Araripe-CE Physical characteristics of pequi fruits from chapada do Araripe-CE

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2009
O trabalho teve como objetivo a caracterização física de frutos de pequizeiros (Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.) nativos da Chapada do Araripe, sul do Estado do Ceará, a fim de quantificar a variabilidade entre as plantas e identificar materiais de interesse ...
Maria Elisabeth Barros de Oliveira, Nonete Barbosa Guerra, Aline de Holanda Nunes Maia, Ricardo Elesbão Alves, Daniele da Silva Xavier, Nádia Maria dos Santos Matos   +5 more
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Pequi oil microencapsulation by complex coacervation using gelatin-cashew gum

International Journal of Food Studies, 2020
New functional foods and beverages can be developed using bioactive compounds present in pequi oil. Complex coacervation is an encapsulation method used for preserving bioactive molecules, especially those that are hydrophobic or sensitive to high ...
Marília Alves do Nascimento, Luana Carvalho da Silva, Luana Guabiraba Mendes, Roselayne Ferro Furtado, José Maria Correia da Costa, Atanu Biswas, Huai N. Cheng, Carlucio Roberto Alves   +7 more
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Floristic-structural characterization and successional group of tree species in the cerrado biome of Tocantins state, Brazil [PDF]

, 2016
Objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar a composição florística, a estrutura da vegetação e os grupos ecológicos das espécies arbóreas em área de cerradão em Palmas, Tocantins.
Leal, Fabrício Assis, Melo, Rafael Rodolfo de, Miguel, Eder Pereira, Pereira, Reginaldo Sérgio, Rezende, Alba Valéria   +4 more
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Physico-chemical properties of different formulations of pequi pulp with milk [PDF]

, 2020
The objective of this work was to perform the physical-chemical characterization of different formulations of the pequi pulp with the addition of different concentrations of whole milk, in order to identify promising products for commercial use.
de Figueirêdo, Rossana Maria Feitosa, Esmero, Janaina Almeida Dantas, Moraes, Maria Suiane, Queiroz, Alexandre José de Melo   +3 more
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Efeito alelopático do extrato etanólico das folhas de Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. sobre a germinação e desenvolvimento inicial de plântulas de Lactuca sativa L.

Revista Brasileira de Meio Ambiente, 2021
R E S U M O   Caryocar coriaceum Wittm (Caryocaraceae), uma espécie endêmica do Brasil, apresenta importância econômica devido a seus frutos que são amplamente utilizados na alimentação e na medicina tradicional.
Maria da Saúde da Silva, Paulo Henrique Oliveira de Miranda, Patrícia Menezes Costa Maciel, Robson Lourenço da Silva Santos, Katya Maria Oliveira de Sousa, Andréa Monteiro Santana Silva Brito, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, Rogério de Aquino Saraiva   +7 more
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