Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth.): Ancestral Tropical Staple with Future Potential [PDF]
Plants, 2022 A pre-Columbian staple, Bactris gasipaes Kunth. is a palm tree domesticated around 4000 years ago, so appreciated that a Spanish chronicler wrote in 1545, “only their wives and children were held in higher regard” by the Mesoamerican natives.
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Full Exploitation of Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth): State of the Art and Perspectives [PDF]
Plants, 2022 The peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is a palm tree native to the Amazon region, with plantations expanding to the Brazilian Southwest and South regions.
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Unlocking the Potential of Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) for Plant-Based Foods: A Review of Nutritional, Techno-Functional, and Bioactive Attributes [PDF]
FoodsPeach palm (Bactris gasipaes) is an underutilized Amazonian crop with emerging relevance for plant-based food systems. Global demand for plant-based products continues to expand, reaching USD 28.38 billion in 2024, yet current formulations rely on a ...
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Ecological adaptation of wild peach palm, its in situ conservation and deforestation-mediated extinction in southern Brazilian Amazonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundThe Arc of Fire across southern Amazonia seasonally attracts worldwide attention as forests are cut and burned for agricultural expansion.
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Quality of peach palm heart minimally processed
Revista Agrogeoambiental, 2023 The peach palm heart is a hypocaloric gourmet vegetable, rich in fiber and minerals such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium, and it can be incorporated into calorie restriction diets.
Maria A. Lima, Valeria A. Modolo
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Nutritional and Technological Properties of Albino Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes) from the Amazon: Influence of Cooking and Drying. [PDF]
Foods, 2023 This study aimed to subject the albino peach palm to cooking and drying processes and characterize the raw pulp (RP), cooked pulp (CP), raw pulp flour (RPF), and cooked pulp flour (CPF).
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Ultrasound-assisted extraction using ethanol efficiently extracted carotenoids from peels of peach palm fruits (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) without altering qualitative carotenoid profile. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is an amazonian fruit in which its peel has been appointed as a carotenoid-rich byproduct with biological properties.
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Improving Enzymatic Saccharification of Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes) Wastes via Biological Pretreatment with Pleurotus ostreatus. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 The white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus was used for biological pretreatment of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) lignocellulosic wastes. Non-treated and treated B.
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Fungal Pathogens of Peach Palm Leaf Spot in Thailand and Their Fungicide Sensitivity. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel)Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is a long-lived tropical palm valued for its edible, nutritious fruits. The cultivation area of peach palm, which was introduced to Thailand for fruit production, has been steadily expanding.
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Utilization of Peach-palm waste for cost-effective amylase production by Trichoderma stromaticum: Stability and industrial potential. [PDF]
Mycology, 2023 Amylases are among the most important enzymes for biotechnological and industrial applications. The present work aimed to analyse the use of agro-industrial waste as a low-cost substrate to the obtention of the amylase by the fungus Trichoderma ...
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