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Effect of In Vitro Digestion on the Antioxidant Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity of 12 Plum (Spondias purpurea L.) Ecotypes [PDF]

Foods, 2021
Spondias purpurea L. plum is a source of antioxidant compounds. Nevertheless, once they are consumed and go through the digestive system, these compounds may undergo changes that modify their bioaccessibility.
Xochitl Cruz Sollano-Mendieta, Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez, Guillermo Osorio-Revilla, Darío Iker Téllez-Medina   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Antidiabetic and Antihyperlipidemic Activity of Spondias purpurea Seeds in a Diabetic Zebrafish Model [PDF]

Plants, 2021
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic degenerative disease characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood. It is associated with an absolute or relative deficiency in the production and/or action of insulin.
Alethia Muñiz-Ramirez, Abraham Heriberto Garcia-Campoy, Rosa Martha Pérez Gutiérrez, Efrén Venancio Garcia Báez, José María Mota Flores   +4 more
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Evidence of Hybrid Origin for Domesticated Spondias (Anacardiaceae) Taxa from Northeastern Brazil: A Picture of Ongoing Domestication of Fruit Species [PDF]

Plants
Hybridization is considered an important process in plant evolution, especially in the origins of domesticated plant taxa, with many crop species being the result of interspecific hybridization events.
Marlon Câmara Machado, Alessandra Selbach-Schnadelbach, Cássio van den Berg   +2 more
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Iron chelation as a therapeutic target in vanadium neurotoxicity and Parkinson's disease: role of medicinal plants [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology
Bioprospecting plant natural products has yielded significant success in the development of symptomatic treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including the two most common, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases (PD).
Francis Olaolorun, Francis Olaolorun, Melanie-Jayne R. Howes, Taiwo Elufioye, Oluwatoyin A. Odeku, James Olopade, Paul Chazot   +6 more
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Spondias purpurea L. (Anacardiaceae) fruits flours at different maturation stages: Drying kinetics, mathematical modelling, characterization and correlation analysis [PDF]

Heliyon
The aim of this study was to examine the drying kinetics of Spondias purpurea L. fruits at various maturation stages (I to V) using a range of mathematical models (Henderson and Pabis, Lewis, Logarithmic, Midilli, and Page).
Álvaro Gustavo Ferreira da Silva, Franciscleudo Bezerra da Costa, Ana Marinho do Nascimento, Giuliana Naiara Barros Sales, Jéssica Leite da Silva, Alzira Maria de Sousa Silva Neta, Wellington Souto Ribeiro, Toshik Iarley da Silva, Bruno Fonsêca Feitosa   +8 more
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Extraction Processes, Bioaccessibility, Antioxidant Capacity, and Potential Prebiotic Effect of Co-Product Extracts From Fruits of the Spondias Genus. [PDF]

J Food Sci
ABSTRACT This study evaluated which extraction methods among agitation (ethanol and water, 60 min), ultrasonic bath–assisted (ethanol and water, 15 min), and supercritical fluid extraction (CO₂ and ethanol, 40°C, 15 Mpa) would be superior for producing co‐product extracts from seriguela (Spondias purpurea), caja (Spondias mombin), and umbu‐caja ...
Morais ISDSS, Pinheiro LMB, Santos FP, Lima MDS, Santos KMOD, Albuquerque CLC, Cardarelli HR.   +6 more
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Toxicological studies of aqueous and ethanol leaf extract of Spondias purpurea (red plum) in rats

Clinical Phytoscience, 2021
Background Spondias purpurea is a flowering plant of the cashew family commonly found in South Western Nigeria. The plant is used in folk medicine for treatment of gastric disorders and diarrhoea.
Theresa Gara
exaly   +2 more sources

Effects of UV-C Irradiation on Postharvest Quality, Bioactive Compounds, and Antioxidant Activity of Seriguela Fruit (Spondias purpurea L.) During Ambient Storage [PDF]

Foods
Seriguela (Spondias purpurea L.) is a tropical climacteric fruit characterized by high metabolic activity and rapid postharvest deterioration, which limits its shelf life and commercial distribution.
Thaynara de Lima Ribeiro, Aryane Ribeiro Oliveira, Bruna Mayara Faria Lima de Souza, Cristiane Maria Ascari Morgado, Luis Carlos Cunha Junior, André José de Campos   +5 more
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Tiny Patch, Big Value: A Small Dry Forest Patch Supports Wildlife Conservation in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study highlights the biodiversity value of the Murren Reserve, a small tropical dry forest patch in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Using camera traps and opportunistic observations, researchers documented 32 wildlife species, including federally endangered species like the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and puma (Puma concolor), as well as 73 plant species.
Proctor TL, Fatungase F, Barquero Leiva JA, Javier F, Durr CE, Paladino FV.   +5 more
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Pest categorisation of <i>Selenaspidus articulatus</i>. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Vicent Civera A, Baptista P, Berlin A, Chatzivassiliou E, Cubero J, Cunniffe N, de la Peña E, Desneux N, Di Serio F, Filipiak A, Gonthier P, Hasiów-Jaroszewska B, Jactel H, Landa BB, Maistrello L, Makowski D, Milonas P, Papadopoulos N, Potting R, Susi H, van der Gaag DJ, Evangelou V, Gobbi A, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Papachristos D, Sfyra O.   +27 more
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