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Wild edible plants as potential antioxidant or nutritional supplements for beverages minimally processed [PDF]

, 2015
Wild edible plants (WEP) with high antioxidant capacity, Rosa canina fruits, Quercus ballota acorns and Sanguisorba minor (young leaves and stems), were added to orange and kiwifruit juices for increase the nutritional properties.
Egea Sánchez, María Isabel, Pretel Pretel, María Teresa, Romojaro Casado, Ana María, Sánchez Bel, Paloma   +3 more
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Heavy metal content of vegetables irrigated with mixtures of wastewater and sewage sludge in Zimbabwe: Implications for human health [PDF]

, 2006
There is growing public concern in Zimbabwe over the illegal cultivation of vegetables on soils amended with sewage sludge or irrigated with admixtures of sewage and sewage sludge. Excessive accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural soils may not only
Chumbley, Devkota, Downs, E. Chinyanga, Ferguson, Frost, Itanna, J.N. Lester, J.W. Birkett, Lake, Lake, Lester, M. Muchuweti, M.D. Scrimshaw, Madyiwa, Nhapi, Nyamangara, R. Zvauya, Sanchez-Castillo, Sauve, Scott, Voutsa   +21 more
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New Method for Simultaneous Determination of Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin in Vegetable Matrices by SPE-UPLC-MS/MS [PDF]

, 2018
Cyanotoxins are a large group of noxious metabolites with different chemical structure and mechanisms of action, with a worldwide distribution, producing effects in animals, humans, and crop plants.
Cameán Fernández, Ana María, Campos, Alexandre, Díez-Quijada Jiménez, Leticia, Guzmán Guillén, Remedios, Jos Gallego, Ángeles Mencía, Llana Ruiz-Cabello, María, Prieto Ortega, Ana Isabel, Vasconcelos, Vitor   +7 more
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Effects of Colony Breeding System and Nest Architecture on Soil Microbiome and Fertility in the Fungus-Growing Termite Macrotermes barneyi Light

Insects
Macrotermes barneyi is a typical fungus-growing termite that forms both monogynous (single queen) and polygynous (multiple queen) colonies in nature.
Jiachang Zhou, Wenquan Qin, Yang Zeng, Xin Huang, Jing Yuan, Yuting Yin, Paike Xu, Xiaohong Fan, Runfeng Zhang, Ganghua Li, Yinqi Zhang   +10 more
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The effects of aurone on the yellowing of fresh-cut water chestnuts

Food Chemistry: X, 2022
Yellowing is the main reason for deterioration of edible quality of fresh cut water chestnuts (FCWCs). The mechanism of aurone inhibiting the yellowing of FCWCs was studied. FCWCs were treated with aurone (0.2, 0.6 and 1.0 %).
Ao Zhang, Liru Mu, Yunmin Shi, Yang Liu, Yan Deng, Yu Lao, Wangping Liu, Shiyun Wang, Yulin Li, Jianjun Hou, Xian Xia   +10 more
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Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community [PDF]

, 2016
Background Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing societies. To better understand the dynamics of these transitions, this article aims
A Constenla, A Constenla, A Cronquist, A Karkotis, A Pastrana, A Steward, AK Romney, B Horna, BL Gordon, BM Popkin, C Albala, C Borge, C Borge, C Camacho, C Sierra, DL Hazlett, E Méndez, F Carbonell, F Montero, GJ Martin, GP Nabhan, H Border, H Castaneda, H Castañeda, H Newing, H Pérez, HV Kuhnlein, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos-Costa Rica (INEC), J Baltodano, J Fox, J Koshear, J Smith, JA Camacho-Zamora, JE Staller, JP Madriz, L Maffi, LG Joly, LG Joly, M Altrichter, M Kappelle, M Quinlan, ME Zaldivar, N Blaikie, N Ross, N Vliet van, Ngäbe’s Traditional Doctors’ Council, PD Young, PJ Pelto, PK Virtanen, R Bernard, R Ellen, R Uauy, Rajindra K. Puri, RMT Dahlgren, S Zent, SC Weller, SC Weller, SP Borgatti, T Johns, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), U D’Ambrosio, Ugo D’Ambrosio, V Reyes-García   +62 more
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Wild edible plants in Ethiopia : a review on their potential to combat food insecurity [PDF]

, 2011
This work reviews literature on ethnobotanical knowledge of wild edible plants and their potential role in combating food insecurity in Ethiopia. Information on a total of 413 wild edible plants belonging to 224 genera and 77 families was compiled in ...
Asfaw, Zemede, Kelbessa, Ensermu, Molla, Ermias Lulekal, Van Damme, Patrick   +3 more
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Structural and functional insights into NAC transcription factors in tomato stress responses and development

Biologia Plantarum
In natural environments, the growth and development of plants are frequently impeded by a variety of stresses. These can be categorized into biotic stresses, such as those caused by fungi and bacteria, and abiotic stresses, including factors like low ...
FU Shan, LI Ying, Fei LIU, LU Chunyan, Tiantian LIU, Songzhou TIAN, Xiaolan ZHANG, Pingan GUO, Liang CHEN   +8 more
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Edible leafy vegetables from West Africa (Guinea-Bissau): consumption, trade and food potential [PDF]

, 2019
Wild Edible Plants are common in the diet of rural communities of sub-Saharan Africa. In Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, wild plant resources are widely used in human diet, but very few studies have addressed them.
Bi, Burkill, Catarino, Grubben, Islam, Lecup, Lynch, Maundu, Prabhakar, Ribéreaux-Gayon, Shackleton, Yang   +11 more
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SBFI-26 enhances apoptosis in docetaxel-treated triple-negative breast cancer cells by increasing ROS levels [PDF]

BioImpacts
Introduction: Fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5) exhibits heightened expression levels in triple-negative breast cancer. The inhibitor of FABP5, Stony Brook fatty acid‐binding protein inhibitor 26 (SBFI-26), has demonstrated the capacity to suppress ...
Gang He, Mei Liu, Tang cong Chen, Li fen Huang, You qiang Ke   +4 more
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