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Islanded Islands: Dual Isolation Drive Distinctive and Threatened Floras of Neotropical Maritime Inselbergs

Journal of Vegetation Science, Volume 36, Issue 3, May/June 2025.
ABSTRACT Questions Inselbergs, isolated rock outcrops, support unique plant communities. Maritime inselbergs (MIs) experience transient isolation due to maritime fluctuations, creating harsh survival conditions. This study is the first to investigate the plant communities' patterns on MIs, comparing them with those on continental inselbergs (CIs).
Gabriel Pavan Sabino, Fábio Pinheiro, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Ingrid Koch, Gabriel Mendes Marcusso, Marília Manuppella Tavares, Ian Meireles Cunha, Vitor de Andrade Kamimura   +7 more
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NUTRITIONAL AND ANTINUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF SOME UNDERUTILIZED CORMS, RHIZOMES AND TUBERS

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2020
Background. With ever-increasing populace pressure and rapid depletion of natural resources, it has become exceptionally important to diversify the present time agriculture with the cultivation of some wild varieties of tubers, rhizomes and corms in ...
Tresina Soris Tresina Soris, A. Doss, Veerabahu Ramasamy Mohan   +2 more
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Extraction and Characterization of a Novel Natural Lignocellulosic (Bagasse and Husk) Fibers from Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea)

Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022
This study set out with the aim of assessing the morphology and properties of lignocellulosic fiber extracted from the tubers mainly found in tropical forests called arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea).
Jamal Tarique, Salit Mohd Sapuan, Abdan Khalina   +2 more
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Analysis of the Impact of Agriculture and Logging on Forest Habitat Structure in the Ankasa and Bia Conservation Area of Ghana

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2024.
Ghana's Ankasa and Bia Conservation Areas are facing rapid forest loss due to the expansion of agricultural activities, leading to widespread land conversion. As a result, forest patches on the outskirts of these protected areas have become fragmented, isolated and disconnected.
George Ashiagbor, Sinka Khadijah Abubakar, Sandra Sawdiatu Inusah, Abena Owusu Adjapong, Gideon Nyamekye Osei, Prosper Basommi Laari   +5 more
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Physicochemical, rheological and microstructural properties of chicken meat emulsion with the addition of Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya) and arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) as meat substitutes

Future Foods, 2023
This study aimed to produce emulsions formulated with Chinese yam (CY) (Dioscorea polystachya) and arrowroot (AR) (Maranta arundinacea) as potential chicken breast (CB) meat substitutes.
Wong Ming-Min, Mohammad Rashedi Ismail-Fitry   +1 more
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The role of wild palms in agroforestry systems in the Neotropics: A review

People and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2200-2227, December 2024.
Abstract Wild palms are among the most important plants in the Neotropics due to their wide distribution, species richness and cultural relevance for humans. In addition to their presence in forests, these plants also occur in anthropogenic systems throughout their range of distribution, but their role in these systems is often overlooked.
Viviana Andrade, Alejandro Casas, Henrik Balslev, Francisco Mora   +3 more
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Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Future Stroke: Evidence From CHARLS and Mendelian Randomization Analyses

Brain and Behavior, Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2024.
The study establishes a significant association and causal link between diabetes and stroke risk in an East Asian population. Abstract Objectives: This study leveraged the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to explore the association between diabetes and stroke in middle‐aged and older adults in East Asia and assess the causality ...
Zetai Bai, Zheyi Wang, Mei Li, Deyuan Kong, Guanzhao Wu   +4 more
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Investigating the impact of boiling and pressure cooking on resistant starch levels in food

International Journal of Food Science &Technology, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 3907-3917, June 2024.
The presence of resistant starch varies across diverse food systems as a function of processing conditions. This study clearly elucidates the impact of boiling and pressure cooking on RS% as a function of processing time and type of RS source. Summary Resistant starch (RS) has been shown to manipulate food digestion and nutrient metabolism as well as ...
Sankha Karunarathna, Indira Wickramasinghe, Charles Brennan, Tuyen Truong, Seneviratne Navaratne, Jayani Chandrapala   +5 more
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The eco-friendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Maranta leuconeura ethanolic extract with the assessment of antibacterial, antioxidant, anticancer activities

Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Background. Considering the significant interest in the use of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) obtained from plant extracts. Purpose. The study is aimed to utilize the ethanolic extract of Maranta leuconeura as a reducing agent to form ...
Noor M. Alassadi, Ghaida'a J. Al-Ghizzawi   +1 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2024.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of the evergreen Ligustrum ovalifolium ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Andrea Battisti, Hugo Mas, Daniel Rigling, Massimo Faccoli, Alžběta Mikulová, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Fabio Stergulc, Franz Streissl, Paolo Gonthier   +28 more
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