Smallanthus sonchifolius (Yacon) leaves: an emerging source of compounds for diabetes management [PDF]
, 2015 Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease that develops mainly due to insulin deficiency or resistance to insulin action. All forms of diabetes are characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, which has an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic
Genta, Susana Beatriz de Fátima +2 more
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Germinação de embrião de Mama-Cadela "in vitro". [PDF]
, 2014 Trabalhos e palestras apresentados no 40º. Congresso Brasileiro de Olericultura; 2º Congresso Ibero-Americamo sobre Utilização de Plástico na Agricultura; 1º Simpósio Latino-Americano de Produção de Plantas Medicinais, Aromáticas e ...
FIDELIS, I. +5 more
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Aluminum toxicity effect on the initial growth of yacon plantlets
Revista CeresThe increasing consumption of yacon potato has raised worldwide interest in its crop and generated demand for scientific elucidations of several factors associated to its agricultural management.
Tiago Pacheco Mendes +4 more
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Food Safety and Health, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 4-20, January 2024.This review comprehensively summarizes the latest findings regarding the sources and structural characteristics of dietary polysaccharides (pectic polysaccharides, sulfated polysaccharides, glucan‐like polysaccharides, and fructan‐like polysaccharides), their shared and distinct effects on gut microbiota and associated metabolites, and the consequent ...
Zhiqing Xie +7 more
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Avaliação da agricultura biodinâmica por meio da bioeletrografia: estudo de caso. [PDF]
, 2008 Desde a “Revolução Verde” o ser humano vem modificando intensamente sua alimentação. A aplicação excessiva de fertilizantes sintéticos, a criação de cultivares responsivas às fertilizações, o uso de pesticidas, entre outras atividades do modelo de ...
Câmara, Francisco Luiz Araújo +1 more
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A cropping system for yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius Poepp. Endl.) : optimizing tuber formation, yield and sugar composition under European conditions [PDF]
, 2020 The demand of healthy food is constantly increasing in Germany, as well as in developed countries in general. Here "healthy" is not clearly defined but it is often associated with foods indicating a low caloric value and further health-promoting benefits
Kamp, Larissa
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The analysis about antioxidant activity of yacon by electron spin resonance method: Health effect of yacon [PDF]
, 2018 近年増加している生活習慣病には活性酸素やフリーラジカルが深く関わり、生体の酸化的障害が種々の疾病を引き起こすことや、老化の原因としても生体の酸化説が主流になっている。更に、食品成分が生体機能の調節作用を持ち、疾病予防や老化防止等の働きをもつことが解明されていることから、食品による健康増進・疾病予防の関心が高まっている。そこで、生体酸化を防ぎ、老化を遅くする機能性食品の開発・普及を目的として、ポリフェノール含有食品としてのヤーコンに注目し、ヤーコンの各部位(根菜部、葉部、茎部 ...
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INHIBITION OF AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION BY POLYMNIA SONCHIFOLIA AND ITS IN VITRO CYTOTOXICITY
Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 2003 ABSTRACT Polymnia sonchifolia is used popularly in the control of diabetes mellitus and also should contain some antifungical and pesticidal compounds. Thus the ethanolic extract (EE) from P. sonchifolia leaves and its hexanic (HE), chloroformic (CL), ethyl acetate (EA) and methanolic (ME) fractions were tested to investigate the inhibitory activity on
E. Gonçalez +6 more
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Control of enzymatic browning in chips yacon
Evidência, 2008 Preserve the organoleptic characteristics of minimally processed foods has been a challenge. Aiming at production of yacon chips commercial quality, we tested stripping of roots by scarification or thermal shock and chemical peeling. We applied the lemon
Andrey Martinez Rebelo
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“Ensayos preliminares para la obtención de miel a partir de yacon ( polymnia sonchifolia)y su caracterización” [PDF]
, 2004 The present work of investigation. Conists of determining the tisioquimicas characteristics of yacón ( Polymnia Sonchifolia Qéllo variety llajun coming from Pomacocha .Amazon.
Isuiza Paredes, Geiner
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