Selected plants producing mucilage: overview, composition, and their potential as functional ingredients in the development of plant-based foods

MM Lira, JG de Oliveira Filho, TL de Sousa… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in the preference for vegan and vegetarian diets is directly related to changing
eating habits and the need for plant-based alternatives to animal-based products, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-based mucilage with healing and anti-inflammatory actions for topical application: A review

JG de Oliveira Filho, MM Lira, TL de Sousa… - Food Hydrocolloids for …, 2021 - Elsevier
The profile of consumers has changed over the years, and the number of people who have
adhered to the vegan and vegetarian lifestyle, focused on the consumption, and use of plant …

A Critical Appraisal of the Most Recent Investigations on Ora-Pro-Nobis (Pereskia sp.): Economical, Botanical, Phytochemical, Nutritional, and Ethnopharmacological …

VMC Teixeira, A Oliveira, E Backes, CGM Souza… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pereskia aculeata Miller and Pereskia grandfolia Haw, known as 'ora-pro-nobis', are
unconventional vegetables belonging to the Cactaceae family, native to the Americas and …