AM Sri Nurestri, SK Sinniah, KH Kim, AW Norhanom, Kae Shin Sim,
... University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract:Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia, belonging to the botanical family Cactaceae, have ... the outcome of acute oral toxicity investigation of Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia, on ICR mice. No mortalities or evidence ... dose of 2500 mg/ kg crude extracts of Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia. This is the first report on the acute oral toxicity of Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia and the findings of this study are ...
Tópico(s): Botanical Research and Applications
2010 - SAGE Publishing | Pharmacognosy Magazine
Yen KhorPoh, Mohd Syafiq Abdullah, Suryati Syafri, Shaarmini Kula Raju, H. C. Y. Che Amal,
... exploring the medicinal uses and perceived effectiveness of Pereskia bleo in treating certain diseases among the users ... Kampung Cherang. Nine informants, who were actually using Pereskia bleo for treating certain diseases, were recruited by ... from the informants’ interview responses. The use of Pereskia bleo to treat diseases by users was based ... the use of leaves, tips and flower of Pereskia bleo was alone effective against cancer, hypertension, boils, ... had been reported on the potential effects of Pereskia bleo on hypertension, diabetes mellitus and boils as ...
Tópico(s): Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications
2013 - | International Journal of Herbal Medicine
Produção Nacional
Claudenice Francisca Providelo Sartor, Valéria do Amaral, Hudson Efrain Theodoro Guimarães, Kellen Nobre de Barros, Daniele Fernanda Felipe, Lúcia Elaine Raniéri Cortez, Vanessa Cristina Veltrini,
Pereskia aculeate, popularly known as “ora-pro-nobis”, belonging to the Cactaceae family, is a climbing shrub, ... the healing capacity of the crude extract of Pereskia aculeate leaves in experimental skin wounds in rats. ... extract by soaking in alcohol 92.8% of Pereskia aculeata leaves. After lyophilization of the crude extract, ... that the application of the crude extract of Pereskia aculeata on skin wounds in rats indicates efficacy ... study pointed out that the crude extract of Pereskia aculeata presents a similar comparative effect from the ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and biological studies
2009 - UNIVERSIDADE CESUMAR | Saúde e Pesquisa
Maurizio Sajeva, James D. Mauseth,
... photosynthetic role. All cacti in the relict genus Pereskia have non-succulent stems and broad, thin leaves. ... is the plant's only photosynthetic tissue. In Pereskia, leaves have a high stomatal density (mean: 50. ... 12.9%, which is identical to that of Pereskia leaf palisade parenchyma. Pereskia stem cortex is much less aerenchymatous (mean: 5. ... cm2 cm−2 which is higher than in Pereskia stem cortex (0.0150 cm2 cm−3) but not as high as Pereskia leaf palisade parenchyma (0.0396 cm2 cm−3). Pereskia stem cortex has no cortical bundles, but Cactoideae ...
Tópico(s): Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
1991 - Oxford University Press | Annals of Botany
Mun Fei Yam, Yung Sing Ch’ng, Chu Shan Tan, Yean Chun Loh, Mariam Ahmad, Mohd Zaini Asmawi,
... Lindau, Strobilanthes crispus, Murdannia bracteata, Elephantopus scaber Linn., Pereskia bleo, Pereskia grandifolia Haw., Vernonia amygdalina, and Swietenia macrophylla King) ... terms of vasorelaxant activity, followed by Vernonia amygdalina, Pereskia bleo, Strobilanthes crispus, Elephantopus scaber Linn., Pereskia grandifolia Haw., Clinacanthus nutans Lindau, and Murdannia bracteata. ... herbs revealed that most of them contained proteins. Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia Haw. were found to contain calcium oxalate ...
Tópico(s): Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
2016 - Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute | Journal of pharmacopuncture
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
T.S. Agostini-Costa, G.K.A. Pêssoa, D.B. Silva, I. S. Gomes, J.P. Silva,
... health-promoting properties. Berries from five accessions of Pereskia aculeata Mill. and leaves from 10 accessions of Pereskia aculeata Mill. and Pereskia grandifolia Haw. were evaluated for their carotenoid composition. ... were mainly unesterified. Berries of four accessions of Pereskia presented very high levels of β-carotene (>20. ... leaves, respectively, could be carotenoid biomarker characteristics for Pereskia species, which may be important sources of functional ...
Tópico(s): Saffron Plant Research Studies
2014 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Functional Foods
Charles A. Butterworth, Erika J. Edwards,
... typically leafless, spine-bearing stem succulents. Species of Pereskia possess broad, regular leaves and have been viewed ... studies have attempted to resolve phylogenetic relationships within Pereskia and between Pereskia and other cacti. Here, we present the results ... cacti between a clade of Caribbean-basin-centered Pereskia species and all other cacti. Furthermore, hypothesis testing strongly supports the basal Pereskia hypothesis over an alternative hypothesis in which the ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2008 - | Haseltonia
Erika J. Edwards, Michael J. Donoghue,
... drought while maintaining a positive tissue water status. Pereskia (Cactaceae) comprises 17 species of leafy shrubs and ... shown that there are two separate clades of Pereskia species, which are basal and paraphyletic with respect ... the rest of the cacti. We selected seven Pereskia species, representing both clades, and characterized their water ... climate parameters from collection localities for all 17 Pereskia species. Extant Pereskia species exhibit ecological water use patterns that are ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
2006 - University of Chicago Press | The American Naturalist
... drought while maintaining a positive tissue water status. Pereskia (Cactaceae) comprises 17 species of leafy shrubs and ... shown that there are two separate clades of Pereskia species, which are basal and paraphyletic with respect ... the rest of the cacti. We selected seven Pereskia species, representing both clades, and characterized their water ... climate parameters from collection localities for all 17 Pereskia species. Extant Pereskia species exhibit ecological water use patterns that are ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
2006 - University of Chicago Press | The American Naturalist
Karina Jiménez‐Durán, Salvador Arias, Aurea C. Cortés‐Palomec, Judith Márquez‐Guzmán,
In order to increase our embryological knowledge of Pereskia, a genus considered the earliest member of Cactaceae, ... the development of the flowers and seeds of Pereskia lychnidiflora, a species from southeastern Mexico. We compared ... lychnidiflora as a member of one of two Pereskia clades, the one sister to remaining cacti. Our ... never been reported before in other members of Pereskia.
Tópico(s): Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
2014 - | Haseltonia
Sogand Zareisedehizadeh, Chay Hoon Tan, Hwee‐Ling Koh,
Pereskia bleo , a leafy cactus, is a medicinal plant native to West and South America and distributed ... Chinese was conducted. The following keywords were used: Pereskia bleo, Pereskia panamensis, Pereskia corrugata, Rhodocacus corrugatus, Rhodocacus bleo, Cactus panamensis, Cactus ...
Tópico(s): Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
2014 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Martha Elisa Ferreira de Almeida, Angelita Duarte Corrêa,
... foi avaliar a utilização de cactáceas do gênero Pereskia na alimentação humana. A pesquisa foi realizada nos ... nóbis, somente 25 domicílios possuíam plantas do gênero Pereskia. Em 22 domicílios, havia a presença da Pereskia grandifolia, em três, havia a de Pereskia aculeata e, em um, havia os dois tipos. ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural and Food Sciences
2012 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA | Ciência Rural
The Pereskia are morphologically primitive, leafed members of the Cactaceae. Gas exchange characteristics using a dual isotope porometer to ... were examined in two species of the genus Pereskia, Pereskia grandifolia and Pereskia aculeata. Investigations were done on well watered (control) ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
1981 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Diana López-Barraza, Andres Ortega-Ramos, Edilbert Torregroza-Fuentes, Somaris E. Quintana, Luis A. García‐Zapateiro,
... friendly. This study aimed to isolate hydrocolloids from Pereskia bleo leaves and evaluate their proximal composition, technological and rheological properties. High-carbohydrate Pereskia bleo with high water holding capacity and emulsifying ... Therefore, this study suggests that these hydrocolloids from Pereskia bleo leaves can be good ingredients in microstructure ...
Tópico(s): Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Fluids
Nic Venter, Blair W. Cowie, Iain D. Paterson, E.T.F. Witkowski, Marcus J. Byrne,
Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae) is a primitive leafy cactus indigenous to Central and South America that has ... and eastern higher rainfall regions of the country. Pereskia aculeata is a woody vine (liana) that scrambles ... be influenced by projected changes to rainfall patterns. Pereskia aculeata were grown from truncheons for five months ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2021 - Elsevier BV | Environmental and Experimental Botany
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Melissa Guimarães Silveira, CAMILA T.R. PICININ, Marcelo Ângelo Cirillo, Juliana Mesquita Freire, Maria de Fátima Píccolo Barcelos,
Pereskia grandifolia Haworth (PGH) and Pereskia aculeata Miller (PAM) are recognized sources of proteins; dietary fiber; vitamins and minerals make this plant leaves, raw, cooked, and braised, ... the chemical components present in the leaves of Pereskia species and led to high antinutrient retention after ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and biological studies
2020 - Brazilian Academy of Sciences | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Vinícius Borges Vieira Maciel, Cristiana Maria Pedroso Yoshida, Francisco M. Goycoolea,
... available. In this sense, plants of the genus Pereskia belonging to the Cactaceae family, have been studied. ... wild edible plant known as ora-pro-nobis (Pereskia aculeata or Pereskia grandifolia).The latest studies involving ora-pro-nobis ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2018 - Bentham Science Publishers | Current Medicinal Chemistry
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Luciele Milani Zem, Cristiane Vieira Helm, Gilberto Simeone Henriques, Daniela Almeida Cabrini, Kátia Christina Zuffellato-Ribas,
Pereskia aculeata Mill., a species of the family Cactaceous, popularly known in Brazil as ora-pro-nobis, ... for the bioassay, namely: casein (no protein) and Pereskia aculeata leaves-based flour. Eighteen male albino Wistar ... to evaluate protein quality and bioavailability of micronutrients. Pereskia aculeata flour provided as a single source is ...
Tópico(s): Indigenous Health and Education
2017 - Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos | Food Science and Technology
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Lucéia Fátima Souza, Bruno Frosi Gasparetto, Rodrigo Ramos Lopes, Ingrid Bergman Inchausti de Barros,
Pereskia aculeata and Pereskia grandifolia have been studied widely due to their high nutritional and therapeutic values. However, little is known about the ...
Tópico(s): Archaeological and Geological Studies
2016 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Thermal Biology
... acetate, methanol and hexane extracts from leaves of Pereskia bleo using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl method ( ... of hexane extract, methanol extract and ethanol extract. Pereskia bleo leaf was also found to contain high ... 46±0.41 µg/g), respectively. Key words: Pereskia bleo, antioxidant activity, total phenolic compounds, total flavonoid ...
Tópico(s): Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications
2012 - Academic Journals | Journal of Medicinal Plants Research
Sien-Yei Liew, Eric J. Stanbridge, Khatijah Yusoff, Norazizah Shafee,
... TCM plant extracts under normoxic versus hypoxic conditions. Pereskia grandifolia, Orthosiphon aristatus, Melastoma malabathricum, Carica papaya, Strobilanthes crispus, Gynura procumbens, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, Pereskia bleo and Clinacanthus nutans leaves were dried, blended ... normoxic conditions. Hypoxia increased the IC50 values for Pereskia grandifola and Orthosiphon aristatus extracts, but decreased the ... sibthorpioides had equivalent cytotoxic effects under both conditions. Pereskia bleo and Clinacanthus nutans extracts were not toxic ...
Tópico(s): Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research
2012 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Ethnopharmacology
... traits and environmental parameters in seven species of Pereskia (Cactaceae), using phylogenetically independent contrasts. • There were significant ... efficiency – correlated with estimates of moisture regime. • In Pereskia, it appears that many stem and leaf hydraulic ... behavior and particular rooting strategy demonstrated by all Pereskia species investigated. These results highlight the need for ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
2006 - Wiley | New Phytologist
Erika J. Edwards, Reto Nyffeler, Michael J. Donoghue,
... their specialized growth form and essentially leafless condition. Pereskia , a group of 17 species with regular leaf ... split in Cactaceae between a clade of eight Pereskia species, centered around the Caribbean basin, and all other cacti. Two other Pereskia clades, distributed mostly in the southern half of ...
Tópico(s): Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
2005 - Wiley | American Journal of Botany
Ming Tan, S.F. Sulaiman, Nazalan Najimuddin, Mohd Razip Samian, Tengku Sifzizul Tengku Muhammad,
... death exhibited by the methanol extract prepared from Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC. (Cactaceae) plant against human breast ... In vitro cytotoxicity screening of methanol extract of Pereskia bleo plant indicated the presence of cytotoxicity activity ... study strongly suggest that the methanol extract of Pereskia bleo may contain bioactive compound(s) that caused ...
Tópico(s): Plant-based Medicinal Research
2004 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
1963 - Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University | Journal of the Arnold Arboretum
Produção Nacional
Débora Oliveira da Silva, Eliza Marques Di Primio, Fabiana Torma Botelho, Márcia Arocha Gularte,
The plant Pereskia aculeata , known popularly as ora-pro-nobis, has high levels of protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins. In order ... made with mixed flour, composed of wheat and Pereskia aculeata . For the production of Pereskia aculeata flour, the plant was dried and ground, ... attitude scale. Rolls with the lowest addition of Pereskia aculeata (5%) had 72% preference among the judges. ... for nutritional value, the greater the amount of Pereskia aculeate , the lower the amount of carbohydrate and ... proteins, lipids and fiber. It follows that the Pereskia aculeata flour may be added to bread rolls, ...
Tópico(s): Dye analysis and toxicity
2014 - UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO | DEMETRA Alimentação Nutrição & Saúde
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Naaman Francisco Nogueira Silva, Sérgio Henrique Silva, Daniel Báron, Isabelle Cristina Oliveira Neves, Federico Casanova,
Pereskia aculeata Miller is an edible plant species belonging to the Cactaceae family. It has the potential ... its nutritional characteristics, bioactive compounds, and mucilage content. Pereskia aculeata Miller is native to the Neotropical region, ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Foods
Talyta Mayara Silva Torres, Gerardo Álvarez‐Rivera, Simone Mazzutti, José David Sánchez-Martínez, Alejandro Cifuentes, Elena Ibáñez, Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira,
Ora-pro-nobis ( Pereskia aculeata ), an emerging unconventional food plant belonging to the Cactaceae family, is known as a source of protein with ... phytol, Vitamin E were already identified in other Pereskia sp. extracts, but compounds like fucosterol and lupeol ...
Tópico(s): Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
2021 - Elsevier BV | The Journal of Supercritical Fluids
S.M. Amir-Al Zumahi, Nourin Arobi, M. Mahbubur Rahman, Md. Kamal Hossain, Meshkat Ara Jahan Rozy, MS Bashar, Amun Amri, Humayun Kabir, Md. Rakib Hossain, Farid Ahmed,
... the efficient use of natural dyes (Portulaca grandiflora, pereskia bleo, and alternanthera ficoidea), mesoporous TiO2 photoanode, a ... while the maximum optical conductivity is observed in pereskia bleo. On the other hand, alternanthera ficoidea and ... an effective area of 1 cm2 calculated for pereskia bleo DSSC are JSC = 0.106 mAcm−2, ...
Tópico(s): Conducting polymers and applications
2021 - Elsevier BV | Solar Energy
... morphological development of two seed-raised individuals of Pereskia quisqueyana Alain (Cactaceae-Pereskioideae), a Critically Endangered species, ... subg. Leuenbergera (or genus Leuenbergeria) and P. subg. Pereskia are discussed and it is concluded that the ...
Tópico(s): Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
2021 - | Bradleya