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Health properties of oca (Oxalis tuberosa) and yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

Food & Function, 2015
Andean roots and tubers are underexploited crops; many contain compounds beneficial to health, so a greater knowledge of their properties is important for encouraging their consumption.
Jimenez, María Eugenia, Rossi, Analia Mabel, Samman, Norma Cristina   +2 more
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Phytochemical Properties and Nutrigenomic Implications of Yacon as a Potential Source of Prebiotic: Current Evidence and Future Directions

Foods, 2018
The human gut is densely populated with diverse microbial communities that are essential to health. Prebiotics and fiber have been shown to possess the ability to modulate the gut microbiota.
Yang Cao, Zheng Feei Ma, Hongxia Zhang, Yifan Jin, Yihe Zhang, Frank Hayford   +5 more
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Morfología y anatomía de los órganos vegetativos de Smallanthus connatus (Heliantheae: Asteraceae)

Lilloa, 2012
Coll Aráoz, María V.; María I. Mercado; Graciela I. Ponessa; Alfredo Grau. 2012. “Morfología y anatomía de los órganos vegetativos de Smallanthus connatus (Heliantheae: Asteraceae)”. Lilloa 49 (1). Smallanthus connatus (Spreng.) H.
María V. Coll Aráoz, María I. Mercado, Graciela I. Ponessa, Alfredo Grau   +3 more
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Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) use as an antioxidant in diabetes

, 2020
Diabetes mellitus is a complex disease characterized by glucose, lipid, and protein deregulated metabolism due to insulin deprivation affecting various tissues in the human body. Dysmetabolism in diabetes could lead to oxidative stress, which, in turn, could contribute to pathological processes in the diabetic condition.
Ferraz, Ana Paula Costa Rodrigues, Garcia, Jéssica Leite, Costa, Mariane Róvero, De Almeida, Carol Cristina Vágula, Gregolin, Cristina Schimitt, Alves, Pedro Henrique Rizzi, Hasimoto, Fabiana Kurokawa, Berchieri-Ronchi, Carolina B., Santos, Klinsmann Carolodos, Corrêa, Camila Renata   +9 more
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Biological Efficacy of Medicinal Plant Extracts in Preventing Oxidative Damage

, 2018
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018.
Jaideep Banerjee, Amitava Das, Mithun Sinha, Sudipta Saha   +3 more
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Análisis estructural, ultraestructural y desarrollo ontogenético de los tricomas glandulares de Smallanthus sonchifolius (Asteraceae), «yacón»

Lilloa, 2019
Mercado, María I.; María V. Coll Araoz; Ana I. Ruiz; Alfredo Grau; Graciela I. Ponessa. 2012. “Análisis estructural, ultraestructural y desarrollo ontogenético de los tricomas glandulares de Smallanthus sonchifolius (Asteraceae), «yacón»”. Lilloa 49 (1).
María I. Mercado, María V. Coll Araoz, Ana I. Ruiz, Alfredo Grau, Graciela I. Ponessa   +4 more
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Refrigerated storage period of Rhizophores for Yacon propagation

Bioscience Journal, 2020
Yacon, is known for its tuberous roots, which are consumed as functional food and is propagated mostly in the vegetative form, via propagules, so-called rhizophores. However, they are organs with little durability in its propagation form. Storing them in
Mateus Augusto Lima Quaresma, Fabio Luiz de Oliveira, Magno do Carmo Parajara, Diego Mathias Natal da Silva, Leandro Pin Dalvi, Ariany das Graças Teixeira   +5 more
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Té de hojas de Yacón, Smallanthus sonchifolius (Asteraceae). Un estudio anatómico

Lilloa, 2006
Mercado, María Inés; Graciela Inés Ponessa y Alfredo Grau, 2006. ?Té de hojas de Yacón, Smallanthus sonchifolius (Asteraceae). Un estudio anatómico?. Lilloa 43 (1-2). Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp. y Endl.) H.
María Inés Mercado, Graciela Inés Ponessa, Alfredo Grau   +2 more
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Plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis of yacón [smallanthus sonchifolius (poepp. and endl.) H. Robinson]

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009
Smallanthus sonchifolius has tuberous roots containing large amounts of fructo-oligosaccharides and its medicinal use has increased due to the hypoglycemic properties reported for this species.
Cynthia Manyra Corrêa, Graciele Nicolodi de Oliveira, Leandro Vieira Astarita, Eliane Romanato Santarém   +3 more
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TRIAGEM PRELIMINAR DA PRESENÇA DE INULINA EM PLANTAS ALIMENTÍCIAS

Alimentos e Nutrição, 2011
Inulina e oligofrutose são polímeros de frutose encontrados em diferentes espécies vegetais e amplamente pesquisados com relação aos seus benefícios para saúde e propriedades tecnológicas na indústria de alimentos.
Daniele Misturini ROSSI, Cris Rocha Pinto MAGALHÃES, Valdely KINUPP, Simone Hickmann FLÔRES   +3 more
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