Estructura poblacional de Mauritia flexuosa L. f. en la altillanura colombiana, Puerto Gaitán, Meta [PDF]
La palma Mauritia flexuosa, dominante en los morichales, ofrece diversos servicios ecosistémicos que benefician a las comunidades humanas y la vida silvestre.
Yinny Marcela Cano-Calderón +6 more
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Buriti Oil (Mauritia flexuosa L.) as Functional Feed for Broiler Chickens
This experiment evaluated the effects of including buriti oil (BO) in the diet of broilers on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass yield, meat quality, blood parameters, intestinal morphometry, the proliferation of collagen fibers in the ...
Leilane R. B. Dourado +12 more
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Leaves of Mauritia flexuosa L. f. (Arecaceae) is effective in vitro and in vivo in the control of Haemonchus contortus [PDF]
In this study we evaluated the potential of Mauritia flexuosa leaves in the egg hatching and larval development inhibition and for reduction of egg count of this nematode in sheep feces. The leaves of this palm were collected and dehydrated for the production of aqueous and ethanolic extracts with and without tannins.
Matheus Ferreira Inácio +7 more
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The palm tree Mauritia flexuosa L. f. (Miriti) provides the raw materials to basketry and toys, with economic and cultural significance to Amazon estuary communities.
Ronize da Silva Santos +1 more
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Elaboration of a cereal bar enhanced with flour of buriti pulp (Mauritia flexuosa L.)
The buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L) shows high percentage of sugar, proteins, and carotenoids among others. The developing of the cereal bar added with dehydrated fruit has become a very important activity due its popularity, practicality, nutritional value
Ila Raquel Mello Cardoso +4 more
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Estudo do creme de buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.) no processo de cicatrização [PDF]
Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito do creme de buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.) na cicatrização de lesões cutâneas em camundongos. Métodos: Cinquenta e seis camundongos foram submetidos ao procedimento cirúrgico de exérese da pele na dorsal. Após a cirurgia, os grupos foram tratados com solução fisiológica 0,9%, creme de buriti a 5% e a 10% e Fibrase®. Resultados:
Esmeralda Maria Lustosa Barros +4 more
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Antioxidant and Lipid-Lowering Effects of Buriti Oil (Mauritia flexuosa L.) Administered to Iron-Overloaded Rats. [PDF]
The indiscriminate use of oral ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) doses induces significant oxidative damage to health. However, carotene-rich foods such as buriti oil can help the endogenous antioxidant defense and still maintain other body functions. This study aimed to assess the effects of buriti oil intake in iron-overloaded rats by FeSO4 administration ...
de Souza Aquino J +11 more
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Carotenoids From Amazonian Fruits as Functional Pigments in Active and Intelligent Food Packaging: Materials, Stability, and Technological Performance. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Amazonian fruits represent an underexplored source of carotenoids with high technological, functional, and economic potential for applications in food packaging. In recent years, active and intelligent packaging systems based on biopolymers and natural pigments have emerged as effective strategies for extending shelf life, monitoring food ...
Devos RJB +6 more
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Evaluation of Buriti (<i>Mauritia flexuosa</i> L.) Oil as an Additive for Carbohydrate-Based Biodegradable Films. [PDF]
Recent studies have focused on the development of food packaging films based on biopolymers, with polysaccharides being at the forefront due to their abundant availability in food and agricultural by-products. Therefore, it was the aim of this work to prepare and characterize conjugated biopolymeric films using starch, galactomannans and buriti oil (BO)
Freitas BLS +4 more
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Modifying Effect of the Antibiotic Action, Membrane Permeability, and ADMET/Toxicity Profile of the Fixed Oil From the Pulp of Mauritia Flexuosa F.L. (Arecaceae). [PDF]
ABSTRACT The increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics has stimulated the search for natural products capable of modulating antimicrobial activity. In this study, the fixed oil from Mauritia flexuosa pulp was evaluated for its antibacterial activity, modulatory effect on antibiotics, membrane permeability, and ADMET/toxicity profile.
Araújo IM +15 more
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