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Dietary Variability Among Mountain Gorilla Groups Across Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Dietary variability among mountain gorilla groups in Volcanoes National Park (VNP) was analyzed to understand how habitat differences influence diet and whether diet quality accounts for variations in population growth rates. The study found distinct diets with minimal overlap between southwest and northeast groups but comparable nutrient ...
Ihimbazwe H, Tuyizere JD, Kayitete L, Abavandimwe D, Kamanzi Shimwa AK, Power ML, Grueter CC, Flint M, Nsanzineza JD, Jonas A, Kwibuka G, Ishimwe D, Ndagijimana F, Hakizimana JD, Uwingeli P, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TS, Eckardt W.   +18 more
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Diversidad genética de accesiones de la familia Caricaceae en el sur de Ecuador

Maskana, 2017
Se estudió la diversidad genética de 78 accesiones de la familia Caricaceae recolectadas en las provincias de Azuay, Cañar, Loja, Zamora Chinchipe y El Oro, al sur de Ecuador, de las especies Vasconcellea candicans, V. goudotiana, V.
Denisse F. Peña T., Paulina G. Villena O., Ángel J. Aguirre, Carlos Jiménez M.   +3 more
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Environmentally Friendly Methods for Flavonoid Extraction from Plant Material: Impact of Their Operating Conditions on Yield and Antioxidant Properties

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
The flavonoids are compounds synthesized by plants, and they have properties such as antioxidant, anticancer, anti‐inflammatory, and antibacterial, among others. One of the most important bioactive properties of flavonoids is their antioxidant effect.
Sara Luisa Rodríguez De Luna, R. E. Ramírez-Garza, Sergio O. Serna Saldívar, Rocio Maceiras   +3 more
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Intestinal obstruction due to Vasconcellea seeds: Report of three cases and literature review

Iatreia, 2015
Vasconcellea spp., is a species of Andean papaya commonly cultivated in rural communities close to Medellín, Colombia. Due to the pleasant and sweet flavor of its fruits, children frequently ingest its seeds accidentally.
Montoya-González, Juliana, Vasco, Alejandra, Hoyos-Figueroa, Francisco, Osorio-Cadavid, Natalia, Marín-Agudelo, Alejandro, Jaramillo-Bustamante, Juan Camilo   +5 more
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Conservation and use of genetic resources of underutilized crops in the Americas - A continental analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Latin America is home to dramatically diverse agroecological regions which harbor a high concentration of underutilized plant species, whose genetic resources hold the potential to address challenges such as sustainable agricultural development, food ...
Galluzzi, Gea, López Noriega, Isabel
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Food uses, functional activities, and bioactive compounds of three Ecuadorian Vasconcellea fruits: Bibliometric analysis and review

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Vasconcellea, the most abundant genus within the Caricaceae family, encompasses twenty-one out of the 35 species in the family, predominantly found in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, where they are utilized for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
Adriana Aguirre-Rodríguez, Rodrigo Duarte-Casar, Marlene Rojas-Le-Fort, Juan Carlos Romero-Benavides   +3 more
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Descripción de una nueva especie de Anastrepha grupo curvicauda (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica, 2020
Las moscas del género Anastrepha, se consideran plagas de gran importancia económica, no solo por el daño directo que causan a la producción de fruta sino, también, por las restricciones de cuarentena impuestas a los países exportadores de fruta.
Javier O. Martinez-Alava, Francisco Serna, Gary J. Steck, Allen L. Norrbom, Matthew R. Moore   +4 more
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Saponin Bitterness Reduction of Carica papaya Leaf Extracts through Adsorption of Weakly Basic Ion Exchange Resins

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Carica papaya that belongs to Caricaceae family has long been known as a traditional medicine for dengue fever, as well as for anticancer and antiinflammatory studies following identification of beneficial phytochemicals such as saponins in the leaves.
Sharifah Nuruljannah Syed Amran, Noraziani Zainal Abidin, Haslaniza Hashim, Saiful Irwan Zubairi, Efstathios Giaouris   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cold extraction of phenolic compounds from watercress by high hydrostatic pressure: Process modelling and optimization [PDF]

, 2018
High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) was applied to the extraction of phenolic compounds from watercress (Nasturtium officinale). The process was optimized by response surface methodology using a five-level central composite design combining the independent ...
Barros, Lillian, Carvalho, Ana Maria, Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R., Oliveira, Beatriz, Pinela, José, Prieto Lage, Miguel A., Saraiva, Jorge A.   +6 more
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A geometrical model for testing bilateral symmetry of bamboo leaf with a simplified Gielis equation

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 6, Issue 19, Page 6798-6806, October 2016., 2016
A simplified Gielis model is used to describe bamboo leaf shapes. Leave shapes of 42 bamboo species exhibit a perfect bilateral symmetry. Abstract The size and shape of plant leaves change with growth, and an accurate description of leaf shape is crucial for describing plant morphogenesis and development.
Shuyan Lin, Li Zhang, Gadi V. P. Reddy, Cang Hui, Johan Gielis, Yulong Ding, Peijian Shi   +6 more
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