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Excess fertility in residential‐scale urban agriculture soils in two western Oregon cities, USA

Urban Agriculture &Regional Food Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Abstract Small‐scale, residential food gardens are arguably the most common form of urban agriculture (UA) in the world. Despite their ubiquity, we know relatively little about the characteristics of UA soils, in general, and of residential food gardens specifically.
Mykl Nelson, Gwynne Mhuireach, Gail A. Langellotto   +2 more
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Forest Resource Use Pattern in Fringe Villages of Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary and Singalila National Park of Khangchendzonga Landscape, India

International Journal of Forestry Research, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Forests in the Barsey‐Singalila transboundary area under Khangchendzonga landscape (KL) are facing pressures of resource uses. Despite continuous utilizations, complete data are lacking from the ground level. Socioeconomic, demographic, and forest use data were obtained by interviewing 233 households across two study locations.
Santosh K. Chettri, Ghanashyam Sharma, Kailash S. Gaira, Aseesh Pandey, Rajesh Joshi, Nakul Chettri, Bharat Kumar Pradhan, Daniel M. Kashian   +7 more
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Anti-diabetes Constituents in Leaves of Smallanthus sonchifolius [PDF]

Natural Product Communications, 2010
The inhibitory effect of smallanthaditerpenic acids A, B, C and D previously isolated from leaves of Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacon) on α-glucosidase were examined and their IC50 were determined to be 0.48 mg/mL, 0.59 mg/mL, 1.00 mg/mL, and 1.17 mg/mL respectively.
Zheng, Xiang, Fan, He, Ting-Guo, Kang, De-Qiang, Dou, Kuo, Gai, Yu-Yuan, Shi, Young-Ho, Kim, Feng, Dong   +7 more
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and dark septate endophytes in Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) and a wild relative (Smallanthus macroscyphus) Micorrizas arbusculares y endófitos septados oscuros en yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius) y un pariente silve

Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2013
Summary: Mycorrhizal associations in Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.) H. Robinson (Asteraceae), Yacon, an ancient Andean crop and Smallanthus macroscyphus (Baker ex Martius) A.
Maria I. Mercado, Maria V. Coll Aráoz, Celia I. Brandán de Weth, Graciela I. Ponessa, Alfredo Grau   +4 more
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New Acyclic Diterpenic Acids from Yacon (Smallanthus Sonchifolius) Leaves [PDF]

Natural Product Communications, 2010
Two new acyclic diterpenoids, smaditerpenic acid E (1a) and F (2a), along with nineteen melampolide-type sesquiterpene lactones, six of them not previously reported in yacon, were isolated from the methylene chloride leaf rinse extract. Their structures were elucidated from 1D and 2D NMR experiments and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry.
Mercado, Maria Ines, Coll Araoz, Maria Victoria, Grau, Alfredo, Catalan, Cesar Atilio Nazareno   +3 more
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Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 2, Issue 5, Page 421-445, September 2020., 2020
Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and underutilized species, we attempt to unlock plant food resources and explore the role of fungi, which along with the wealth of traditional knowledge about their uses and practices, could help ...
Tiziana Ulian, Mauricio Diazgranados, Samuel Pironon, Stefano Padulosi, Udayangani Liu, Lee Davies, Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes, James S. Borrell, Ian Ondo, Oscar A. Pérez‐Escobar, Suzanne Sharrock, Philippa Ryan, Danny Hunter, Mark A. Lee, Charles Barstow, Łukasz Łuczaj, Andrea Pieroni, Rodrigo Cámara‐Leret, Arshiya Noorani, Chikelu Mba, Rémi Nono Womdim, Hafiz Muminjanov, Alexandre Antonelli, Hugh W. Pritchard, Efisio Mattana   +24 more
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Aktivitas Antijamur dan Identifikasi Metabolit Sekunder Isolat Jamur Endofit dari Daun Yakon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) terhadap Beberapa Jamur Patogen

Journal of Tropical Pharmacy and Chemistry, 2015
Each plant is host to one or more endophytes contain bacteria and fungi. Endophytic fungi could potentially have an activity and produce secondary metabolites same as its host.
Aditya Fridayanti, Arsyik Ibrahim, Fitriyani Fitriyani   +2 more
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Functional quality evaluation and shelf life study of synbiotic yacon juice

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 1546-1553, March 2020., 2020
The research aimed to utilize the prebiotic potential of Yacon fruit by preparation of synbiotic Yacon juice and studying the changes during storage. Ascorbic acid, phenolic content, and antioxidant activity were higher in fermented juice when compared to control juice.
Sagar Dahal, Pravin Ojha, Tika Bahadur Karki   +2 more
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Prebiotic Beverage from Smallanthus Sonchifolius Sweetened with Stevia

Global Journal of Medical Research, 2020
The objective of this study was to develop a prebiotic beverage from yacon and pineapple sweetened with stevia. Nine functional beverage formulations were prepared. The yacon and the pineapple were incorporated in three proportions, P1: 30-70, P2: 50-50 and P3: 70-30, respectively.
Elizabét Contreras Prado, Paola Purisaca-Salinas, Cesar Moreno-Rojo, Jhoseline Guillén-Sánchez   +3 more
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Natural Products and Their Bioactive Compounds: Neuroprotective Potentials against Neurodegenerative Diseases

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
In recent years, natural products, which originate from plants, animals, and fungi, together with their bioactive compounds have been intensively explored and studied for their therapeutic potentials for various diseases such as cardiovascular, diabetes, hypertension, reproductive, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Nur Shafika Mohd Sairazi, K. N. S. Sirajudeen, Tadaaki Satou   +2 more
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