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Screening the Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Activity, and Toxicity of Ten Species of Non-Conventional Food Plants From Southern Brazil. [PDF]

Chem Biodivers
This study found that the ten unconventional food plants from southern Brazil studied exhibited high antioxidant activity, a diversity of phenolic compounds, and no toxicity in vivo. These data demonstrate that these plants have promising benefits for human health and may be a potential protective agent against oxidative damage.
Minello LVP, da Rosa PD, Cassol SDS, Touguinha LBA, Branco CS, Sartori VC.   +5 more
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Vitex Simplicifolia Abates Cadmium-Induced Cardiotoxicity Through Antioxidant Activity and Keap1 Targeting. [PDF]

Chem Biodivers
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the cardioprotective potential of Vitex simplicifolia methanol extract (VSME) and explored its underlying mechanisms of action. Twenty‐five male rats were assigned to five groups (n = 5). Group 1 served as the normal control, while groups 2–5 were exposed to 5 mg/kg body weight of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) daily.
Chukwuma IF, Eze OI, Okeke OC, Apeh VO, Ezeorba TPC, Okafor C.   +5 more
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Land-Use Effects on Melliferous Woody Flora in Sudanian Agroforestry Parkland and Protected Area of West Africa. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study assessed how land use types influence the diversity, structure, and temporal dynamics of melliferous woody species and honeybee (Apis mellifera) foraging in a sudanian landscape of southwestern Burkina Faso. Fallow land and protected area supported higher species richness and distinct community composition compared with farmland, while ...
Kanazoe IW, Nombré I, Zoungrana A, Boussim JI.   +3 more
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Abatement of the Stimulatory Effect of Copper Nanoparticles Supported on Titania on Ovarian Cell Functions by Some Plants and Phytochemicals

Nanomaterials, 2020
The application of nanoparticles has experienced a vertiginous growth, but their interaction with food and medicinal plants in organisms, especially in the control of reproduction, remains unresolved.
Alexander V. Sirotkin, Monika Radosová, Adam Tarko, Zuzana Fabova, Iris Martín-García, Francisco Alonso   +5 more
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Medicinal Vitex species (Lamiaceae) occupy different niches in Haut-Katanga tropical dry woodlands [PDF]

Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Background and aims – Sustainable management of the medicinal plant resources provided by tropical forests is of utmost importance to human populations in developing countries.
Salvatora Nsenga Nkulu, Pierre Meerts, Edouard Ilunga wa Ilunga, Mylor Ngoy Shutcha, David Bauman   +4 more
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CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS IN THE FLOWERING SHOOTS OF SOME Vitex L. SPECIES

Acta Medica Leopoliensia, 2022
Introduction. The genus Vitex L. counts more than 200 species of shrubs and trees common to subtropical areas of the Earth. Only fruits of Vitex agnus-castus L. are used in official medicine.
Mariia Shanaida, Alina Holenko
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Vitex Agnus-Castus: Faydaları, Klinik Çalışmalar ve Gelecekteki Potansiyel Gıda Uygulamaları

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2023
Hayıt otu olarak bilinen Vitex agnus-castus L., meyveleri 2500 yılı aşkın bir süredir eski Mısır, Yunanistan, İran ve Roma’da çeşitli jinekolojik problemler için kullanılan yaprak döken küçük bir ağaçtır.
Ceren Altunay, Özge Taştan
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Dietary contribution of wild edible plants to women's diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin - an underutilized potential [PDF]

, 2015
Rural populations in developing countries face food insecurity and malnutrition despite being surrounded by extraordinary biodiversity. The international community increasingly recognizes the role of agro-biodiversity and Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) in ...
Assogbadjo, A.E., Boedecker, J., Damme, Patrick van, Lachat, C., Termote, Céline   +4 more
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Sustainable use and conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet: unlocking the propagation ability using stem cuttings [PDF]

, 2015
One of the major constraints for domesticating widely used wild tree resources by local communities is the lack of adequate propagation techniques.
Achigan-Dako, E.G., Ahanchédé, A., Assogba-Komlan, F., Larwanou L., N'Danikou, Sognigbe, Tchokponhoue A.D., Vodouhe S.R.   +6 more
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A Comparative Study of the effect of aqueous extract of Vitex agnus-castus plant on male and female’s liver’s enzymes of mice exposed to oxidative stress

Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2023
This study was conducted to determine the Protective effect of aqueous extracts of Vitex agnus castus plant both doses, Normal active does(50mg/kg) and double (100mg/kg) in the liver enzymes and comported the deferent effect of it between the male and ...
Muneef Saab- Ahmed Al-Janabi, Usmat Jamal Jamel, Zeyad Tariq Ahmed Al-Duri   +2 more
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