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Metabolic and Redox-Related Effects of Mauritia flexuosa (Buriti) Oil Supplementation in Wistar Rats. [PDF]

J Food Sci
ABSTRACT Mauritia flexuosa (buriti) oil is rich in oleic and palmitic fatty acids, bioactive compounds associated with inflammation regulation, redox balance, and metabolism. This study evaluated the effects of buriti oil supplementation on body and bone composition, biochemical parameters, and redox balance in male Wistar rats.
Trindade LASA, Araújo BAN, Noblat GA, Coutinho KP, Coutinho KA, Souto RNM, Teodoro AJ, Pereira AD, Figueiredo MS.   +8 more
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Chemical analysis and evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of fruit fractions of Mauritia flexuosa L. f. (Arecaceae). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
BackgroundFruit consumption is currently considered beyond the nutritional aspects because of the important roles in disease prevention and benefits to health. The objective of this study was to characterize the chemical profile and evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of different fractions obtained from fruit pulps ofMauritia ...
Nonato CFA, Leite DOD, Pereira RC, Boligon AA, Ribeiro-Filho J, Rodrigues FFG, da Costa JGM.   +6 more
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An ethanol-based process to simultaneously extract and fractionate carotenoids from Mauritia flexuosa L. Pulp Uso do etanol comercial para extração e fracionamento simultâneo de carotenóides de Mauritia flexuosa L. Pulp

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2010
Mauritia vinifera (buriti) is a palm tree that grows wild in different areas of Brazil, particularly in the Amazonian region. The buriti oil is rich in carotenoids, especially in β-carotene.
Bernardo Dias Ribeiro, Rafaella Ferreira Nascimento, Daniel Weingart Barreto, Maria Alice Zarur Coelho, Suely Pereira Freitas   +4 more
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Natural Colorants From Amazonian Plants: Bioactive Potential and Sustainable Extraction Techniques-A Review. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
This review explores Amazonian plants as sources of natural colorants, highlighting major groups such as anthocyanins, carotenoids, betalains, and chlorophylls. It emphasizes sustainable extraction techniques, including green solvents and emerging technologies, and discusses their bioactive properties and potential applications in the food industry ...
de Oliveira ZB, Vasconcelos KBP, de Lima Silva Mumberger A, da Silva Junior AQ, da Silva LA, de Oliveira RB, Mourão RHV, Sarrazin SLF.   +7 more
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Estandarización del proceso de extracción de aceite de Mauritia flexuosa del Guaviare, Colombia. [PDF]

, 2021
Maurita flexuosa is a dioecious palm and its fruit is an oily drupe of which about 16.58% of the mesocarp can be used for the process of transformation and extraction of oil, due to its high oleic acid index, of which its content of provitamins and ...
Arias, Juan Pablo, Acosta Chinchilla, Jasbleidy Marcela, Acosta Rodriguez, Gustavo Adolfo   +2 more
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Canangucha (Mauritia flexuosa L. f): A potential fruit in the colombian amazon

Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, 2023
Canangucha is a palm from the Colombian Amazon of great industry interest, due to its expansion and ecosystem and food services it offers to communities. The objective of this work was to evaluate the morphometric, physical, and chemical characteristics, as well as the yield of the canangucha fruit in both EI and EII ecotypes, this characterization can
Andrea Hermosa Otero, Misael Cortés-Rodríguez, Jaime Velásquez-Restrepo   +2 more
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Composição centesimal e avaliação antioxidante da polpa dos frutos de Mauritia flexuosa L. f. do Cariri cearense

Ambiente, 2021
O conhecimento sobre a composição de alimentos regionais é de suma importância para a orientação nutricional da população. Os frutos de Mauritia flexuosa L. f. são fonte alimentar que vem gerando interesse devido sua composição química e farmacológica. O
Carla de Fatima Alves Nonato, Cicera Janaine Camilo, Débora Odília Duarte Leite, Jairo Ferreira da Silva Neto, Lucas Ribeiro Costa, Fabíola Fernandes Galvão Rodrigues, José Galberto Martins da Costa   +6 more
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Refrigerated storage of the fruits of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L.)

Advances in horticultural science [rivista dell'ortoflorofrutticoltura italiana] : 28, 1, 2014, 2018
The objective of this study was to evaluate different storage conditions to maximize the shelf-life of buriti fruits; under ambient conditions the fruits last only 2-3 days. Buriti fruits were stored refrigerated at 10, 12 and 15oC with 85±5% relative humidity, and at room temperature (23±5°C) and 60±5% relative humidity.
Fujita, E., Vieites, R. L., Daiuto, R., Smith, R. E.   +3 more
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Effects of Dietary Brazilian Palm Oil (Mauritia flexuosa L.) on Cholesterol Profile and Vitamin A and E Status of Rats. [PDF]

Molecules, 2015
In vitro studies have been carried out to establish the nutritional differences between crude and refined vegetable oils; however, the impact of the consumption of these foods on metabolism, in particular the effect of buriti oil, needs to be further evaluated.
Aquino Jde S, Soares JK, Magnani M, Stamford TC, Mascarenhas Rde J, Tavares RL, Stamford TL.   +6 more
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Mauritia flexuosa

, 2022
[152] <i>Mauritia flexuosa</i> L.f. <p> <i>Suppl. Pl.</i>: 454 [“1781” publ. Apr. 1782] (Linnaeus 1782).</p> <p> <i>Sagus americana</i> Poir., <i>Encycl. [J.
Molino, Jean-François, Lucas, Eve J., Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Sabatier, Daniel, Odonne, Guillaume, Grenand, Pierre, Frame, Dawn, Engel, Julien, Martin, Claire A., Davy, Damien   +10 more
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