The exploration of nature as a source of sustainable, novel bioactive substances continues
to grow as natural products play a significant role in the search for new therapeutic and …

Background: The exploration of the plant biodiversity as a natural source to obtain
sustainable food products and new bioactive pharmaceutical compounds has been growing …

Unconventional food plants (UFPs) are by definition little known and infrequently consumed
by population, although are recognized as having high nutritional value and economic …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The leaves of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae),
known as Barbados gooseberry, are used as emollients and to treat skin wounds and …

The aim of this work was to provide an alternative for iron intake using carboxymethyl
cellulose (CMC)-based orally disintegrating films (ODF) containing ora-pro-nobis (OPN) …

Iron deficiency represents a global nutrition gap that calls for innovative strategies including
food fortification, while overcoming the drawbacks of taste and reactivity of iron. The aim of …

Physiologic growth parameters Wound healing Pereskia aculeata Mill., Cactaceae, is a
cactus with high mucilage production, well-known for its nutritional properties. Folk use …

Wounds are considered one of the most critical medical conditions that must be managed
appropriately due to the psychological and physical stress they cause for patients, as well as …

Pereskia is the only cactus genus that has green leaf unlike other genera of large Cactaceae
family. Pereskia is well known in scientific community for their heterogeneous …

Abstract As Plantas Alimentícias Não Convencionais–PANCS são plantas que podem ser
consumidas na alimentação, mas não são por diversos fatores, como a falta de …