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Feijoa Sellowiana fruit, an amazing source of anticancer molecules

Annals of Research in Oncology, 2022
Feijoa sellowiana O. Berg is a tropical plant with edible fruits and characterised by a high content of flavonoids. Several studies have shown that Fei-joa contains many bioactive components such as flavonoids, vitamin C, and essential minerals that contribute to multiple health benefits, such as an-timicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and ...
Cimmino F., Cianciullo P., Maresca V., Saggiomo S., Sorbo S., Bontempo P., Basile A.   +6 more
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Bioactive Products From Fruit of the Feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana, Myrtaceae): A Review

Food Chemistry, 2010
The feijoa plant (Feijoa sellowiana, family Myrtaceae, synonym, Acca sellowiana) produces fruit similar to that of the guava. It is native to Brazil but is grown in many countries as a food crop, especially New Zealand, where it is valued for its highly aromatic fruit.
Roderick J Weston
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Micropropagation Systems of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret)

Methods in Molecular Biology, 2012
Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret sin. Feijoa sellowiana (Myrtaceae) is a semiwoody fruit species native to South Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina; edible fruits are tasty. The naturally occurring populations in Santa Catarina State show high variability in fruit size, color, and other features.
Lirio L Dal Vesco, Rosete Pescador, Miguel P Guerra   +2 more
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Lipids of the fruit of Feijoa sellowiana

Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1991
The composition and amounts of liposoluble substances in the flesh and peel of feijoa fruit has been investigated. About 30 groups of lipid substances have been identified. The main groups of lipids in the flesh were triacylglycerols, sterols, cerebrosides, ceramide phosphate inositol oligosides, sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols, phosphatidic acids ...
A. A. Kolesnik, V. N. Golubev, A. A. Gadzhieva   +2 more
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Feijoa sellowiana fruit

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2000
The present study was designed to evaluate the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of an aqueous extract from the tropical Feijoa sellowiana Berg. fruit which is widely used for human food. The extract was tested against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria by a broth dilution test and on human whole blood leukocytes, as well as isolated ...
VUOTTO ML, BASILE, ADRIANA, MOSCATIELLO V, DE SOLE P, CASTALDO COBIANCHI R, LAGHI E, IELPO MTL   +6 more
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Somatic embryogenesis from floral tissues of feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana Berg)

Scientia Horticulturae, 2005
Abstract The objectives of the present work were to study the embryogenic competence of floral tissues of Feijoa sellowiana and to investigate the influence of plant growth regulators on somatic embryo induction and development in order to establish a somatic embryogenesis protocol starting from somatic tissues.
Suzana Stefanello, Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco, Jean Pierre H.J. Ducroquet, Rubens Onofre Nodari, Miguel Pedro Guerra   +4 more
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Morphohistological analysis and histochemistry of Feijoa sellowiana somatic embryogenesis

Protoplasma, 2004
Morphohistological analysis and histochemical studies were carried out during the induction and development of Feijoa sellowiana somatic embryos. Zygotic embryos were cultured on LPm medium containing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (20 microM) and glutamine (8 mM).
G C, Cangahuala-Inocente, N, Steiner, M, Santos, M P, Guerra   +3 more
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Feijoa sellowiana Berg (Pineapple Guava)

1996
Pineapple guava or feijoa are common names of Feijoa sellowiana Berg a member of the Myrtaceae family and the only species of the genus Feijoa. The scientific name is a compliment to both J. Feijo, Director of the Natural History Museum of S. Sebastian, in Brazil, at the time of its discovery, and F.
J. M. Canhoto, G. S. Cruz
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Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana berg) cultivated in subtropical zones of Georgia

Journal of Biotechnology, 2019
Feijoa is one of the most interesting fruit cultures in Georgia. Feijoa is a cross-pollinated plant. Therefore, it produces huge variety from selectionist point of view. New forms differ not only in their structure but also in chemical composition. 10 samples of Feijoa were chosen from different regions of Georgia and their chemical characteristics ...
Baratashvili D., Vanidze M., Kedelidze N., Kalandia A., Djafaridze I., Lomtatidze N., Nakashidze I., Ceccarini M. R., Beccari T.   +8 more
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Volatile flavour constituents of feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana)—analysis of fruit flesh

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 1990
AbstractThe volatile flavour fraction from the flesh of ripe feijoa fruit (Feijoa sellowiana Berg cv Mammoth) has been isolated by high vacuum steam distillation and subsequent liquid‐liquid extraction of the volatiles. Analysis by capillary GC and GC‐MS led to the identification of 15 constituents of which (Z)‐hex‐3‐enal and isopropyl benzoate are ...
G John Shaw, John M Allen, Martin K Yates, Robert A Franich   +3 more
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