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Yacon Prebiotic Functional Drinks, the Sensory and Antioxidant Profiles: Dietotherapy Applications of Yacon Concentrate

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
The increasing awareness of the overall health consumers, in particular young people, has driven a shift from fruit juices and carbonated drinks to functional beverages.
Mary Yan, Keegan Chessum, Saleshni Nand, Ben Terzaghi, Rothman Kam   +4 more
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Yacon juice as culture and cryoprotectant medium for Latilactobacillus sakei and Staphylococcus vitulinus autochthonous strains [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 2023
Yacon is mainly constituted of water and carbohydrates [single sugars and fructooligosaccharides (FOS)], thus being an excellent alternative for the growth and preservation of bacterial culture.
Noelia Palavecino Prpich, Ernesto Sanabria, María Fernanda Gliemmo, María Elisa Cayré, Marcela Paola Castro   +4 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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Influence of Weeds on Yacon Initial Growth and Development [PDF]

Planta Daninha, 2020
: The consumption of yacon has been increasing around the world due to the nutritional and pharmaceutical properties of this plant. The growing commercial interest in yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) generates a demand for crop management research ...
M.O. CABRAL, F.L. OLIVEIRA, L.P. DALVI, A.G. TEIXEIRA, L.J.F.N. ROCHA, J.L.F. PEDROSA   +5 more
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Use of yacon in natura and its flour in the development of diet and conventional cakes

Bioscience Journal, 2015
Yacon is a tuberous root that has functional components in its composition, such as fructooligosaccharides (FOS). The objective of this study was to evaluate physicochemical and sensory characteristics of diet and conventional cakes made with yacon in ...
Larissa Scarparo Rocha, Raianny Silva, Erika Madeira Moreira da Silva   +2 more
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Physico-chemical and sensory characterization of sweet biscuits made with Yacon flour (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

NFS Journal, 2021
Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) is a sweet-tasting tuber, grown in the Andes Mountains and considered a functional food because of its fructooligosaccharide (FOS) content.
Mónica Simanca-Sotelo, Claudia De Paula, Yina Domínguez-Anaya, Yenis Pastrana-Puche, Beatriz Álvarez-Badel   +4 more
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Yacon production at different planting seasons and growing environments

Bioscience Journal, 2019
Yacon is a functional food with great potential for horticultural exploitation and its cultivation demands the generation of agronomic information. To address these needs, this study was performed to evaluate the production of yacon planted in different ...
Diego Mathias Natal da Silva, Fábio Luiz de Oliveira, Mateus Augusto Lima Quaresma, Wellington Abeldt Erlacher, Tiago Pacheco Mendes   +4 more
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CRESCIMENTO INICIAL DE YACON EM CONVIVÊNCIA COM PLANTAS DANINHAS

Revista UniVap, 2016
A cultura da yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) tem origem andina e atualmente está sendo cultivada e consumida por apresentar inúmeras propriedades nutricêuticas, porém o manejo da cultura, inclusive o efeito da competição com plantas daninhas ainda é ...
Karen Andreon Viçosi, Tiago Pacheco Mendes, Ariany das Graças Teixeira, Fábio Luiz de Oliveira, Leandro Pin Dalvi   +4 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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Propiedades beneficiosas del yacón (smallanthus sonchifolius) en la salud

, 2022
Introduction: Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius), is a plant native to the South American Andean areas and many properties have been attributed beneficial to the body; including antioxidant effects, antimicrobial, hypolipidemic, antidiabetic and even ...
Moncada-Carrera, José, Montalvo-Rodríguez, Angie, Minchola-Castañeda, Kevin, Gil-Reyes, William, Luzuriaga-Tirado, Estefanía, Morales-Ibañez, Fátima   +5 more
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