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Biologia floral e sistema reprodutivo de Byrsonima coccolobifolia (Kunth) em uma savana amazônica Floral Biology and the reproductive system of Byrsonima coccolobifolia (Kunth) in an amazonian savanna

Acta Amazonica, 2006
A biologia reprodutiva de Byrsonima coccolobifolia, foi avaliada em uma população de savana do Estado de Roraima. A espécie é constituída de arbustos e arvoretas com altura inferior a 3m, de flores hermafroditas zigomorfas, pentâmeras, reunidas em ...
Rosa Mª Cordovil Benezar, Luiz Alberto Pessoni   +1 more
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Use of Flavonoids and Cinnamates, the Main Photoprotectors with Natural Origin

Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Many pathological problems are initiated by ultraviolet radiation (UVR), such as skin cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. The UVA (320–400 nm) and UVB (290–320 nm) wavelengths may cause effects such as photoaging, DNA damage, and a series of cellular alterations.
Alesandra R. Nunes, Ícaro G. P. Vieira, Dinalva B. Queiroz, Antonio Linkoln Alves Borges Leal, Selene Maia Morais, Débora Feitosa Muniz, João Tavares Calixto-Junior, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Azhar Rasul   +8 more
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Effect of Marolo (Annona crassiflora Mart.) Pulp Flour Addition in Food Bars

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Due to increasing consumer demand for healthy foods, attempts are being made to improve their nutritional value. Thus, there is a necessity to develop food bars enriched with dietary fiber and palatable nutritional components. The aim of this study was to evaluate the shelf life of food bars, prepared with different proportions of marolo pulp flour (20,
Jéssyca Santos Silva, Clarissa Damiani, Edson Pablo Silva, Cristiane Rodrigues Gomes Ruffi, Eduardo Ramirez Asquieri, Thays Lorrayne Lavrinha e Silva, Eduardo Valério de Barros Vilas Boas, Egidio De Benedetto   +7 more
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Redução de aminoácidos em polpas de bacuri (Platonia insignis Mart), cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum Willd ex-Spreng Schum) e murici (Byrsonima crassifolia L.) processado (aquecido e alcalinizado) Amino acids reduction in processed (heated and alkalinized) pulps of bacuri (Platonia insignis Mart), cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum Willd ex-Spreng Schum) and murici (Byrsonima crassifolia L.)

Acta Amazonica, 2010
A literatura científica é pobre a respeito de frutas da Amazônia, como o murici, e suas características químicas devem ser estudadas. Por isso, esta pesquisa teve por proposta determinar o perfil aminoacídico das polpas de bacuri, cupuaçu e murici sob ...
Alexandre Porte, Claudia Moraes Rezende, Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes, Luciana Helena Maia   +3 more
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First record of Rhinella poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) in Brazil (Anura, Bufonidae) [PDF]

Check List, 2017
Rhinella poeppigii, member of the Rhinella marina group, which currently consists of 11 species, inhabits primarily cloud forests in the central Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, reaching lowlands adjacent to the Andes, at elevations 
Nathocley Mendes Venâncio, Marco Antonio de Freitas, Arthur Diesel Abegg, Marcelo Nogueira de Carvalho Kokubum   +3 more
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A Classification Model for Managers by Competencies: A Case Study in the Construction Sector

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Many companies have difficulties in filling managerial positions. This is because there is a lack in understanding of the competencies that a manager must have. This is as true for those responsible for selecting managers as it is for the employee who aspires to be a manager.
Camila Campos Gómez Famá, Luciana Hazin Alencar, Juan C. Leyva   +2 more
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The “Hidden Diversity” of Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil: Diagnosis and Prospects for Conservation and Biological Prospecting

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Increases in ethnobotanical studies and knowledge in recent decades have led to a greater and more accurate interpretation of the overall patterns related to the use of medicinal plants, allowing for a clear identification of some ecological and cultural phenomena.
Deyvson Rodrigues Cavalcanti, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +2 more
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Physico-chemical composition of native fruits of the Ceará coast at different development stages

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
This study aimed to evaluate the physico-chemical composition of native fruits of the Ceará coast at different development stages. The fruits of ‘guajiru’, ‘manipuçá’, ‘murici-pitanga’ and ‘murta’ were collected during the year 2014, and the following ...
Nigéria P. Gonçalves, Eliseu M. P. de Lucena, Oriel. H. Bonilla, Francisca J. C. Tavares   +3 more
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Comparison of Brazilian Plants Used to Treat Gastritis on the Oxidative Burst of Helicobacter pylori‐Stimulated Neutrophil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Ten Brazilian medicinal plants used to treat gastritis and ulcers were carefully selected on the basis of ethnopharmacological importance and antiulcerogenic activity previously described. The antioxidant activity of the methanolic extracts was determined in analysis conditions that simulate a real biological activity on inhibition of the oxidative ...
Cibele Bonacorsi, Luiz Marcos da Fonseca, Maria Stella Gonçalves Raddi, Rodrigo Rezende Kitagawa, Wagner Vilegas, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque   +5 more
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Leaf and fruit morphological descriptors for commercial nance selections (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) HBK) in Nayarit, Mexico.

Revista Bio Ciencias, 2016
In order to identify the variability of quantitative and qualitative leaf and fruit descriptors, 41 commercial nance selections (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) HBK) collected in six locations of the state of Nayarit were characterized. The main component
Medina-Torres, R., Salazar-García, S., Ibarra-Estrada M. E., López-Guzmán G.G.   +3 more
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