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 …

Pereskia aculeata Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review

NF Nogueira Silva, SH Silva, D Baron… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pereskia aculeata Miller is an edible plant species belonging to the Cactaceae family. It has
the potential to be used in the food and pharmaceutical industries due to its nutritional …

Phytochemical profile and biological activities of'Ora-pro-nobis' leaves (Pereskia aculeata Miller), an underexploited superfood from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

JAA Garcia, RCG Corrêa, L Barros, C Pereira… - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Pereskia aculeata Miller, known worldwide as ora-pro-nobis, is a highly nutritive species of
the Cactaceae family from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. In this work, we report inedited …

Acute and subacute toxicity evaluation of Houttuynia cordata ethanol extract and plasma metabolic profiling analysis in both male and female rats

H Chen, X Sha, Y Luo, J Chen, X Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Houttuynia cordata has been used as a traditional medicine for more than 1500 years. It has
aroused wide public concern about its safety in the past few years, for it contains various …

Pereskia aculeata leaves: properties and potentialities for the development of new products

FG da Silva Porto, ÂD Campos… - Natural Product …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pereskia aculeata Mill., known as Ora-Pro-Nobis or Barbados gooseberry, arouse the
interest of food and pharmaceutical industries due to its bioactive compounds and mucilage …

Saline extract of Pilosocereus gounellei stem has antinociceptive effect in mice without showing acute toxicity and altering motor coordination

AM de Oliveira, MO de Luna Freire… - Regulatory Toxicology …, 2018 - Elsevier
People broadly use medicinal plants although their safety and efficacy are often neglected.
Several Cactaceae plants are used for medicinal purposes, but Pilosocereus gounellei …

Nutritional composition, phenolic compounds and biological activities of selected unconventional food plants

CP Ferreira, MC de Lima, JG da Silva… - Food Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review highlights the nutritional content, phytochemical compounds, and biological
properties of three unconventional food plants consumed in the Amazon: ora-pro-nóbis …

Phenological and physicochemical properties of Pereskia aculeata during cultivation in south Brazil

DO Silva, M Seifert, G Schiedeck, JS Dode… - Horticultura …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Pereskia aculeata, known as ora-pro-nobis in Brazil, is native from tropical dry forests. This
Cactaceae plant possesses succulent and edible leaves, which contain high amounts of …

Effect of Pereskia aculeata Mill. in vitro and in overweight humans: A randomized controlled trial

CR Vieira, BP da Silva, MAV do Carmo… - Journal of food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of ora‐pro‐nobis
(Pereskia aculeata Mill.) flour on the adhesion of probiotics to intestinal epithelial cells and …

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 …