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A Review of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa and the Implications for more Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems [PDF]
, 2020 Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance food and nutrition security.
Akinola, R. +4 more
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Chemical composition and functional characterisation of commercial pumpkin seed oil
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2012 AbstractBACKGROUND: Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) seed oil is a common product in Slovenia, Hungary and Austria and is considered a preventive agent for various pathologies, particularly prostate diseases. These properties are related to its high content of carotenoids and liposoluble vitamins.
PROCIDA, GIUSEPPE +3 more
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Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.Unveiling the potential of Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) essential oil. ABSTRACT This study investigated the antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and insecticidal properties of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens L.) essential oil (GPEO). The EO was chemically characterized by GC–MS, confirming methyl salicylate as the predominant compound (99.3%).
Miroslava Kačániová +10 more
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Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2020 Water stress is one of the main constraints which could limits crop productivity, especially in arid and semi-arid regions characterized limited water resources.
Musa Seymen +5 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a widely used first‐line fertility treatment, yet its success rates vary considerably. This review synthesizes evidence from peer‐reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2024, including randomized controlled trials, cohort and case–control studies, as well as systematic and narrative reviews identified ...
Kasuni Akalanka
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Divergence analysis of Cucurbita pepo L. population for seed oil production
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-NapocaThe work aim was to analyze the divergence of the genotypes of common pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) and to select suitable parents for the breeding program to increase the production of cold-pressed oil.
Dalibor TOMIĆ +8 more
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Cucurbita maxima Pumpkin Seed Oil: from the Chemical Properties to the Different Extracting Techniques [PDF]
, 2018 Pumpkin seed oils are rich in bioactive compounds such as tocopherols, sterols, β-carotene, and lutein that have, along with some fatty acids, high nutritional value factors.
CHOUAIBI, Moncef +6 more
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Characterization of crude and purified pumpkin seed oil.
Grasas y Aceites, 1997 Oil from hulled pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo and Cucurbita Maxima) was extracted with hot petroleum ether, and then it was degummed, neutralized and bleached, consecutively Physical and chemical characteristics of crude and purified oils were determined.
John Tsaknis +2 more
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Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits.
Laura E. McCann +4 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agroecological practices of ethnic minority farmers in Vietnam's northern uplands are being reshaped by intersecting pressures of land‐use reform, market integration, and state‐backed crop promotion. Among Hmong communities in the south of Lào Cai Province (former Yên Bái Province) cinnamon was once valued primarily for its medicinal ...
Mélie Monnerat, Sarah Turner
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