The growing rates of obesity worldwide call for intervention strategies to help control the
pathophysiological consequences of weight gain. The use of natural foods and bioactive …

Among the rich Brazilian biodiversity, a wide range of native and exotic fruit species are
found. Many of these fruits have high nutritional and bioactive value, being important …

Euterpe oleracea Mart.(EO), popularly known as açaí, belongs to the Arecaceae family and
grows abundantly in Brazil. The fruit of this palm tree is widely used because of its anti …

Hypothalamus is a brain region that controls food intake and energy expenditure while
sensing signals that convey information about energy status. Within the hypothalamus …

Sustainable extraction processes based on alternative solvents to recover bioactive
compounds of different raw materials have been highlighted as excellent alternatives to …

Background A growing body of evidence shows that hypothalamic inflammation is an
important factor in the initiation of obesity. In particular, reactive gliosis accompanied by …

The Euterpe genus (mainly Euterpe oleracea Martius, Euterpe precatoria Martius, and
Euterpe edulis Martius) has recently gained commercial and scientific notoriety due to the …

Objective: Major depressive disorder is a debilitating and recurrent psychiatric disorder.
Blueberries have several biological properties, including neuroprotective effects, through …

Purpose Obesity is an inflammatory-related disease, which recruits immune system cells
triggering to imbalanced production of cytokines. Obesity management and treatment using …

In this article, we reviewed studies on the fruits of the jussara palm (Euterpe edulis Martius),
an endangered Brazilian Atlantic Forest palm tree, also coined as “Superfruit.” We …