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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) as a Potential Functional Food Source of Mucilage and Bioactive Compounds with Technological Applications and Health Benefits

Abelmoschus esculentus has fruit popularly known as okra and belongs to the Malvaceae family. It is commonly used in cooking but also in traditional medicine in the treatment of worms, dysentery, inflammation, and also irritation of the stomach, intestines, and kidneys, as it is a potential function...

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Autores principales: Dantas, Thamires Lacerda, Alonso Buriti, Flávia Carolina, Florentino, Eliane Rolim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8399980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34451728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10081683