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Trends in the valorization of native Amazon palm trees as sources of bioactive lipids for use as functional ingredients

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Recovery of ionic liquids from aqueous solutions using membrane technology

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Changing Despicable Me: Potential replacement of azo dye yellow tartrazine for pequi carotenoids employing ionic liquids as high-performance extractors

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Full Exploitation of Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth): State of the Art and Perspectives

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Plants, 2022, 11, 3175
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Techno-Economic analysis of an efficient anthocyanin extraction process from grape pomace using eutectic solvents ─ A critical panorama regarding drying techniques and reusability of solvents

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Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 347, 127647
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Ionic liquid and ultrasound as a fast and innovative combination for improved extraction of Chlorella sorokiniana-derived carotenoids

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Association between dietary intake of carotenoids and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–March 2020

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Supplementation of carotenoids from peach palm waste (Bactris gasipaes) obtained with an ionic liquid mediated process displays kidney anti-inflammatory and antioxidant outcomes

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Food Chemistry: X, 2022, 13, 100245
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p-Synephrine ameliorates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by regulating liver-adipose axis via AMPK/NF-kappa B pathway

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Research progress on the role and mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine based on "liver-multiple-organ interaction"

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Integrated recycling of carotenoids from spent bleaching earth by ultrasound-assisted ionic liquids: A green closed-loop process

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Recent progress on the recovery of bioactive compounds obtained from propolis as a natural resource: Processes, and applications

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Bioaccessibility and Cellular Uptake of Carotenoids Extracted from Bactris gasipaes Fruit: Differences between Conventional and Ionic Liquid-Mediated Extraction

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Deposition and enrichment of carotenoids in livestock products: An overview

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Food Chemistry: X, 2024, 21, 101245
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