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Facteurs d'adoption des innovations d'intégration agriculture-élevage: cas du Mucuna pruriens en zone cotonnière ouest du Burkina Faso [PDF]

Tropicultura, 2016
Adoption of Innovation Factors of Agriculture and Breeding Integration: Case of Mucuna pruriens in Western Cotton Zone of Burkina Faso. This paper analyzes the factors influencing the adoption of Mucuna pruriens in the Western cotton zone of Burkina Faso.
Koutou, M., Havard, M., Ouédraogo, D., Sangaré, M., Toillier, A., Thombiano, T., Vodouhe, DS.   +6 more
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Enhancing Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species (NUCS) in Nepal: Unlocking Their Potential for Climate Resilience, Food Security, and Agrobiodiversity

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background The global dominance of a few major cereal crops has led to the marginalization of traditional species, reducing agrobiodiversity and increasing the vulnerability of food systems. Changing climate conditions, particularly intensifying drought stress, further threaten global food security.
Binod Panthi, Sandesh Shrestha, Priyanka Kunwar, Deepika Kohli   +3 more
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Land tenurial systems and the adoption of Mucuna planted fallow in the derived savannas of West Africa: [PDF]

In 1987, an improved resource management system that incorporates velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) to address soil fertility and weed (Imperata cylindrica) infestation was introduced to the small-scale farmers in a densely populated area of the ...
Houndékon, Victorin A., Manyong, Victor M.   +1 more
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Productive performance of three tropical legumes for protein banks in the dry tropics of Colima, Mexico

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate the productive performance of mucuna (Mucuna pruriens), lablab (Lablab purpureus) and clitoria (Clitoria ternatea) for protein banks in Colima, Mexico, with irrigation used prior to the rainy season.
Rafael J. Macedo, Victalina Arredondo, Noe García, Rafael Ramírez, Omar Prado, Luis J. García   +5 more
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Alkaloid Content, Anti‐Inflammatory Activity and Phytochemical Profile of White Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens L.) Seeds

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens L.), a leguminous plant widely recognised in traditional medicine, has garnered increasing scientific interest due to its diverse pharmacological potential, particularly in relation to its alkaloid‐rich seed composition.
Pham Thi Thu Ha, Tran Thuy Loi, Doan Thien Thanh, Phung Thi Tuyen, Truong Ngoc Minh, Nguyen Thanh Liem, Essam Hebishy   +6 more
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An investigation of antioxidant and antidiabetic effect of aqueous leaf extracts of mucuna pruriens [PDF]

, 2016
Diabetes is currently a wide spread global disease. As a result of the side effects of the current therapies, herbal plants may present alternative source of drugs for management of the disease.
Akpoveso, Oke-Oghene Philomena
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Characterization of cover crops by NMR spectroscopy: impacts on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus under tillage regimes

Revista Ciência Agronômica
The objective of this study was to investigate the chemical composition of cover crops by solid-state CPMAS 13C NMR spectroscopy and its effects on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in a Typic Acrustox.
Arminda Moreira de Carvalho, Robélio Leandro Marchão, Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante, Flávia Aparecida de Alcântara, Thais Rodrigues Coser   +4 more
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Nonclinical Safety Evaluation of Nonmutagenic Immunogrit Following Subacute 28‐Day Repeated Dose Oral Toxicity in Sprague–Dawley Rats With GLP Compliance

Journal of Toxicology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Immunogrit is a traditional Ayurvedic medicine prescribed to patients for their general well‐being. In this study, Immunogrit was evaluated for its subacute (28 days) repeated oral dose toxicity in male and female Sprague‐Dawley (SD) rats of similar age and body weight following OECD 407 guidelines under Good Laboratory Practices compliance.
Acharya Balkrishna, Kunal Bhattacharya, Sudeep Verma, Himanshu Jangid, Savita Lochab, Anurag Varshney, Lissinda H. Du Plessis   +6 more
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Phytochemical and toxicological studies of Mucuna pruriens leaves

, 2013
The study assessed the phytochemical, acute toxicity, sub-acute toxicity and blood chemistry of the aqueous leaf extract of Mucuna pruriens. Powdered leaf of Mucuna pruriens was extracted by maceration.
Igbinaduwa, PO, Anoh, OO
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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS AND ETHANOL EXTRACTS FROM MUCUNA PRURIENS HUSKS AGAINST SOME FOODBORNE MICROORGANISMS

Food and Environment Safety, 2018
Recently, plant by-products are being explored as safe and sustainable sources of bioactive compounds. This is the first study to screen phytochemicals and evaluate the antimicrobial activity of extracts from Mucuna pruriens husk for potential ...
Omotade OGUNREMI, Oladotun ISHOLA, Hannah OGUNEDINA   +2 more
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