The Brazilian ginseng Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen belongs to the Amaranthaceae family and has as its main component β-ecdysone, a phytoecdysteroid, found in the roots, stem, flowers and leaves of the plant. In the last years sustainability and the environment concern wer...
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Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. Ex Reissek, was first studied in the 60s, but only in the 80s and 90s were the studies were driven by scientific research that attributed medicinal properties to the plant, such as healing actions for human gastric diseases. In this work, a study was car...
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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an important crop for animal feed, owing to its tolerance to marginal soils and challenging climatic conditions. However, agricultural technologies such as pesticides and genetically modified (GM) crops raise environmental concerns, underscoring the...
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Michelle Karine dos Santos Lembi, Marcela Moreira Terhaag, Giselle Giovanna do Couto de Oliveira, Cristiane Mengue Feniman Moritz, Rafael Moretto Barros & Otávio Akira Sakai·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2026
The synthesis of metallic nanoparticles using plant extracts has attracted significant interest in the scientific community due to their unique properties, which can be applied across various fields, including health, agronomy, and food. Bioreduction, or green synthesis, can be p...
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