Browsing by Subject "Coffee"
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Análise do processo de produção do óleo obtido da biomassa do café para a obtenção de biodiesel
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2022-06-22)Tendo em vista que o consumo global de combustível fóssil vem causando um esgotamento desse recurso finito e aumentando os impactos ambientais, o biodiesel torna-se uma alternativa quanto ao uso desses combustíveis. Como ...
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Coffee has hepatoprotective benefits in Brazilian patients with chronic hepatitis C even in lower daily consumption than in American and European populations
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2014-04-01)The potential role of coffee as a hepatoprotective substance for chronic liver diseases has been widely discussed. Our main aim was to evaluate the effect of coffee intake regarding clinical, biochemical tests and liver ...
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The effect of coffee intake on lysophosphatidylcholines: A targeted metabolomic approach
(Churchill Livingstone, 2017)Background & aim: Lysophosphatidylcholines (lysoPC) are known to be a pathological component of oxidized-LDL, and several studies demonstrate its pro-inflammatory properties in vitro. Nevertheless, bioactive compounds found ...
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Effects of the reduction of caffeine consumption on tinnitus perception
(Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial, 2014-10-01)INTRODUCTION:For many years, excessive caffeine consumption has been touted as an aggravating factor for tinnitus. The pathophysiology behind this effect is probably related to the blockage of adenosine receptors by the ...
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Molecular characterization of a miraculin-like gene differentially expressed during coffee development and coffee leaf miner infestation
(Springer, 2011-01-01)The characterization of a coffee gene encoding a protein similar to miraculin-like proteins, which are members of the plant Kunitz serine trypsin inhibitor (STI) family of proteinase inhibitors (PIs), is described. PIs are ...