O Brasil é o maior produtor, consumidor e exportador da bebida açaí produzida a partir dos
frutos do açaizeiro. Esta bebida ou a polpa de açaí são normalmente comercializadas a …

The Amazon region has a great diversity of plants rich in bioactive compounds, whose
rational exploitation contributes to the sustainable development of the region. Among these …

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) is a berry found in Amazon Rainforest. Due to its increasing
commercial value, the cultivation of this fruit in northern Brazil is growing quickly, and with it …

Euterpe oleracea, Mart. is a palm tree widely distributed in South America and the juice
which is prepared from its eatable pulp is popularly called “açaí” in Brazil. It has a high …

Açaí, Euterpe oleracea Mart., is a native plant from the Amazonian and is rich in several
phytochemicals with anti-tumor activities. The aim was to analyze the effects of açaí seed oil …

The phenolic compounds profile, the antioxidant capacity towards reactive oxygen species
and the capacity to inhibit the nitrosation reaction (under simulated gastric environment) of …

The acai palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) is a fruit from the Amazon that is originally found in
flooded areas. Over recent years, its marketability has gained significant interest in Brazil …

Euterpe precatoria Mart. has been demanded due to the functional characteristics of its fruits
and, therefore, its planting has been encouraged. However, there is a lack of information …

Palm heart is an important non-timber forest product obtained from various palm species in
tropical forests. We studied the effect of four decades of palm heart extraction from the clonal …

Chagas disease is a parasitic infection with high socioeconomic impact throughout Latin
America. Although this severe, incurable disease can be transmitted by several routes, oral …