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Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Pequi Oil (Caryocar brasiliense): A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals (Basel), 2023
Disorders in the inflammatory process underlie the pathogenesis of numerous diseases. The utilization of natural products as anti-inflammatory agents is a well-established approach in both traditional medicine and scientific research, with studies ...
Silva VRP, Pinheiro AC, Ombredane AS, Martins NO, Luz GVS, Carneiro MLB, Joanitti GA.   +6 more
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Potential Challenges of the Extraction of Carotenoids and Fatty Acids from Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) Oil. [PDF]

Foods, 2023
Pequi is a natural source of bioactive compounds with wide versatility for fresh or processed fruit consumption, but it is still little explored economically.
Carneiro CR, Alhaji AM, da Silva CAS, de Sousa RCS, Monteiro S, Coimbra JSDR.   +5 more
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Evaluation of Biocompatibility, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antinociceptive Activities of Pequi Oil-Based Nanoemulsions in In Vitro and In Vivo Models. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel), 2022
Pequi oil (Caryocar brasiliense) contains bioactive compounds capable of modulating the inflammatory process; however, its hydrophobic characteristic limits its therapeutic use.
Pinheiro AC, Ombredane AS, Pinheiro WO, Andrade LR, Silva VRP, Felice GJ, Alves DS, Albernaz AF, Silveira AP, Lima MCF, Veiga-Junior VF, Gomes TFS, Damasceno EAM, Veiga-Souza FH, Souza PEN, Báo SN, Duarte ECB, Carneiro MLB, Azevedo RB, Funez MI, Joanitti GA.   +20 more
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Paradoxical effect of a pequi oil-rich diet on the development of atherosclerosis: balance between antioxidant and hyperlipidemic properties. [PDF]

Braz J Med Biol Res, 2012
Pequi is the fruit of Caryocar brasiliense and its oil has a high concentration of monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids, which are anti- and pro-atherogenic agents, respectively, and of carotenoids, which give it antioxidant properties.
Aguilar EC, Jascolka TL, Teixeira LG, Lages PC, Ribeiro AC, Vieira EL, Peluzio MC, Alvarez-Leite JI.   +7 more
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Plasma Proteome Alterations of Laying Hens Subjected to Heat Stress and Fed a Diet Supplemented with Pequi Oil (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.): New Insights in the Identification of Heat Stress Biomarkers. [PDF]

Biomolecules
Heat stress can disrupt the balance between the heat poultry release into the environment and the heat they generate. Pequi oil has antioxidant properties, which may mitigate the heat stress effects. This study aimed to investigate the response of laying
da Silva J, Andrade L, Rodrigues P, Cordeiro L, Lima G, Lopes J, Castillo E, Martins R, Assunção A, Vieira J, Busalaf M, Adamec J, Sartori J, Padilha P.   +13 more
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Combinatory Effect of Pequi Oil (Caryocar brasiliense)-Based Nanoemulsions Associated to Docetaxel and Anacardic Acid (Anacardium occidentale) in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells In Vitro. [PDF]

Pharmaceutics
Combination therapy integrated with nanotechnology offers a promising alternative for breast cancer treatment. The inclusion of pequi oil, anacardic acid (AA), and docetaxel (DTX) in a nanoemulsion can amplify the antitumor effects of each molecule while
Ombredane AS, Martins NO, de Souza GMV, Araujo VHS, Szlachetka ÍO, da Silva SW, da Rocha MCO, Oliveira AS, Holanda CA, Romeiro LAS, Damas EBO, Azevedo RB, Joanitti GA.   +12 more
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Optimization Studies and Compositional Oil Analysis of Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Cambess) Almonds by Supercritical CO₂ Extraction. [PDF]

Molecules, 2023
Caryocar brasiliense Cambess (pequi) is the fruit of the pequizeiro tree found in the Brazilian Cerrado (savanna). Supercritical fluids have been used to effectively extract bioactive chemicals.
Mateus LS, Dutra JM, Favareto R, da Silva EA, Ferreira Pinto L, da Silva C, Cardozo-Filho L.   +6 more
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Pequi Oil (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) Attenuates the Adverse Effects of Cyclical Heat Stress and Modulates the Oxidative Stress-Related Genes in Broiler Chickens. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Simple Summary Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) is an evergreen tree typical of the biodiversity in the Brazilian cerrado biome and it represents an important source of income for communities that sell its fruit and related products, such as PO (pequi ...
Cruvinel JM, Groff Urayama PM, Oura CY, de Lima Krenchinski FK, Dos Santos TS, de Souza BA, Kadri SM, Correa CR, Sartori JR, Pezzato AC.   +9 more
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Bioactive compounds of pequi pulp and oil extracts modulate antioxidant activity and antiproliferative activity in cocultured blood mononuclear cells and breast cancer cells. [PDF]

Food Nutr Res, 2022
Background: Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) is a fruit from Brazilian Cerrado rich in bioactive compounds, such as phytosterols and tocopherols, which can modulate the death of cancer cells.
Brito RM, Barcia MT, Farias CAA, Zambiazi RC, de Marchi PGF, Fujimori M, Honorio-França AC, França EL, Pertuzatti PB.   +8 more
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Dietary carotenoid-rich oil supplementation improves exercise-induced anisocytosis in runners: influences of haptoglobin, MnSOD (Val9Ala), CAT (21A/T) and GPX1 (Pro198Leu) gene polymorphisms in dilutional pseudoanemia ("sports anemia") [PDF]

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2010
Physical training induces beneficial adaptation, whereas exhaustive exercises increase reactive oxygen-species generation, thereby causing oxidative damage in plasma and erythrocytes, fractions susceptible to lipid peroxidation.
Ana L. Miranda-Vilela, Arthur K. Akimoto, Penha C.Z. Alves, Luiz C.S. Pereira, Maria N. Klautau-Guimarães, Cesar K. Grisolia   +5 more
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