Brazilian agribusiness is gaining more and more international prominence thanks to the relevant production and export of agricultural commodities, as well as the great potential for development that this economic sector has in the country. The subject has attracted the attention of several researchers because, as the export sector grows, prices of these commodities for domestic consumption tend to rise, affecti...
Due to the continuous increase in incidents of diseases and disorders in the central nervous system as neurodegenerative disease, the growth of studies that seek to use herbal medicines has been observed, since these are more easily produced and more economically viable, in addition to having side effects to a lesser extent when compared to existing synthetic drugs. In this way, a wide variety of plants have be...
Corn and soybean meal are the most used inputs in poultry feed production in Brazil. Changes in the prices of these inputs influence the price and consumption of chicken meat. With this in mind, this work aims to analyse the dynamics of chicken, corn and soybean prices individually and jointly, using the Recurrence Plot method, its extension, the Cross Recurrence Plot and the Recurrence Quantification Analysis,...
Morinda citrifolia ( (Family: Rubiaceae) ) is extensive ly use d in traditional med icine due to its anti - inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumoral , and anti - hypertensive act ivities . However, t here is no substantial data about hepatotoxic and toxicogenetic effects . This study evaluated bioch emical changes and hepatotoxic, genotoxic , and mu tagenic effects of aqueous extract of the fruit of M. citrifol...
Cancer is one of the most leading causes of death worldwide. Morinda citrifolia was reported to have antitumor effects. Cisplatin (CDDP), Doxorubicin (DOX) and Cyclophosphamid (CPA) are the known effective chemotherapeutics, despite of having several side effects. This study evaluated antitumoral and oxidative effects of the aqueous extract of the fruit of M. critrifolia (AEMC) (15, 30, 60 and 120 µg/mL) in com...