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Effect of caloric restriction on depression

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 5, Page 2528-2535, May 2018., 2018
Abstract Recently, most of evidence shows that caloric restriction could induce antidepressant‐like effects in animal model of depression. Based on studies of the brain–gut axis, some signal pathways were common between the control of caloric restriction and depression.
Stephen Malunga Manchishi, Ran Ji Cui, Xiao Han Zou, Zi Qian Cheng, Bing jin Li   +4 more
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Processamento e estabilidade de uma bebida de caju e yacon durante o armazenamento sob refrigeração

Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 2017
Resumo O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a estabilidade de uma bebida de caju e yacon durante o armazenamento sob refrigeração. A bebida, composta por polpa de caju e extrato de yacon (proporção 1:1, v/v), foi pasteurizada a 85 °C por 90 ...
Ana Paula Dionisio, Nedio Jair Wurlitzer, Claudia Oliveira Pinto, Talita de Souza Goes, Maria de Fatima Borges, Idila Maria da Silva Araújo   +5 more
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Functional Dehydrated Foods for Health Preservation

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The market of functional foods has experienced a huge growth in the last decades due to the increased consumers’ awareness in a healthy lifestyle. Dried fruits constitute good snacks, in alternative to salty or sweet ones, and food ingredients due to their taste and nutritional/health benefits.
R. M. S. C. Morais, A. M. M. B. Morais, I. Dammak, J. Bonilla, P. J. A. Sobral, J.-C. Laguerre, M. J. Afonso, E. C. D. Ramalhosa, Antimo Di Maro   +8 more
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Topinambur (Helianthus tuberosus) and yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius): nutraceutical crops?

Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 2022
This review is about two crops, topinambur (Helianthus tuberosus L.) and yacón [Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poeppig & Endlicher) H. Robinson], which due to their properties should be considered as nutraceutical foods. The common characteristics they present are discussed, such as belonging to the same botanical family (Asteraceae), being ancestral ...
Di Barbaro Gabriela, Del Valle Eleodoro, Brandan de Weht Celia   +2 more
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Recovery of Cardiac Remodeling and Dysmetabolism by Pancreatic Islet Injury Improvement in Diabetic Rats after Yacon Leaf Extract Treatment

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) is a native Andean plant rich in phenolic compounds, and its effects on dysmetabolism and cardiomyopathy in diabetic rats was evaluated. The rats (10/group) were allocated as follows: C, controls; C + Y, controls treated with Yacon leaf extract (YLE); DM, diabetic controls; and DM + Y, diabetic rats treated with YLE ...
Klinsmann Carolo dos Santos, Sarah Santiloni Cury, Ana Paula Costa Rodrigues Ferraz, José Eduardo Corrente, Bianca Mariani Gonçalves, Luiz Henrique de Araújo Machado, Robson Francisco Carvalho, Ana Cláudia de Melo Stevanato Nakamune, Alexandre Todorovic Fabro, Paula Paccielli Freire, Camila Renata Corrêa, Jaideep Banerjee   +11 more
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Protective effects of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) intake on experimental colon carcinogenesis

Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2012
Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius), a tuberous root native to the Andean region of South America, contains high concentration of fructans with potential for colon cancer prevention. This study investigated the potential beneficial of yacon intake on colon carcinogenesis induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) in male Wistar rats.
Nelci Antunes de Moura, Brunno Felipe Ramos Caetano, Kátia Sivieri, Luis H. Urbano, Cláudio Cabello, Maria Aparecida Marchesan Rodrigues, Luı́s Fernando Barbisan   +6 more
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A Perennial Green Revolution to address 21st‐century food insecurity and malnutrition

Food and Energy Security, Volume 13, Issue 4, July/August 2024.
Abstract Farming practices of the past century have dramatically increased annual crop yields to unprecedented levels but have consequentially created increasing ecological and public health concerns, posing a long‐term threat to global food security. Soil tillage and chemical inputs perpetuate soil erosion, biodiversity loss, wetlands eutrophication ...
Jacob D. Paul, Tymofiy Lutsiv, Henry J. Thompson   +2 more
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SECAGEM DA BATATA YACON (SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS) UTILIZANDO MICROONDAS

e-xacta, 2013
<p align="justify">O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal estudar os parâmetros de operação do processo de secagem do tubérculo de Yacon usando energia eletromagnética na freqüência de microondas. A desidratação é um meio de preservar e conservar os alimentos de forma segura e ainda manter estavelmente suas propriedades. Os tubérculos de
Sérgio Luís Marcussi Vitor da Silva, Luciana Maria Seara, Andrea Teixeira Charbel   +2 more
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Raiz tuberosa de yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius): potencialidade de cultivo, aspectos tecnológicos e nutricionais Yacon tuberous root (Smallanthus sonchifolius): cultivation potentialities, technological and nutritional aspects

Ciência Rural, 2008
O yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) é uma planta da família Asteraceae, originária das regiões Andinas. Suas raízes tuberosas são semelhantes a batatas doces em aparência, possuem gosto doce e polpa crocante, sendo bastante consumidas na forma in natura ...
Isabelle Santana, Marisa Helena Cardoso
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The ancestral karyotype of the Heliantheae Alliance, herbicide resistance, and human allergens: Insights from the genomes of common and giant ragweed

The Plant Genome, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2024.
Abstract Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ambrosia trifida (Asteraceae) are important pest species and the two greatest sources of aeroallergens globally. Here, we took advantage of a hybrid to simplify genome assembly and present chromosome‐level assemblies for both species.
Martin Laforest, Sara L. Martin, Katherine Bisaillon, Brahim Soufiane, Sydney Meloche, François J. Tardif, Eric Page   +6 more
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