Biochemical markers and anthropometric profile of children enrolled in public daycare centers

Lourenção, Luiz Felipe de Paiva; Paula, Gabriela Cristina de; Cardoso, Maria Angélica Gonçalves; Santos, Paula Ribeiro; Oliveira, Izabela Regina Cardoso de; Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso; Veiga, Gláucia Luciano da; Alves, Beatriz da Costa Aguiar; Graciano, Miriam Monteiro de Castro; Pereira-Dourado, Stela Márcia

doi:10.1016/j.jped.2021.09.006

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“…In the U.S., mineral supplementation is advised during pregnancy [ 19 ]. Women are likely to be more affected by mineral deficiency, especially during childhood, although in many countries like Brazil, the prevalence of mineral deficiency is underreported [ 20 ]. Additionally, each ton of an agro-industrial residue containing avocado peels and seeds would correspond to the FAO/WHO’s daily recommended intake of calcium (1024 mg) for over two thousand individuals for one month, which is very considerable given calcium deficiency in some groups.…”

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“…Eserine (10 mg/mL) was used as positive control. Next, new readings were performed at the same wavelength every 1 min (10 readings) [ 20 ]. The following equation was used to calculate the percentage of inhibition (% I ), where Ab : Negative control (DMSO) and Aa : Sample absorbance.…”

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“…GraphPad Prism 5.0 software was used for statistical analysis, applying variance analysis (ANOVA) [ 20 ]. To evaluate the differences between the means, the Tukey test with significance level of 5% was used.…”

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Phytochemicals of Avocado Residues as Potential Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Antioxidants, and Neuroprotective Agents

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Avocado (Persea americana) is a widely consumed fruit and a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals. Its industrial processing generates peels and seeds which represent 30% of the fruit. Environmental issues related to these wastes are rapidly increasing and likely to double, according to expected avocado production. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the potential of hexane and ethanolic peel (PEL-H, PEL-ET) and seed (SED-H, SED-ET) extracts from avocado as sources of neuroprotective compounds. Minerals, total phenol (TPC), total flavonoid (TF), and lipid contents were determined by absorption spectroscopy and gas chromatography. In addition, phytochemicals were putatively identified by paper spray mass spectrometry (PSMS). The extracts were good sources of Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, ω-6 linoleic acid, and flavonoids. Moreover, fifty-five metabolites were detected in the extracts, consisting mainly of phenolic acids, flavonoids, and alkaloids. The in vitro antioxidant capacity (FRAP and DPPH), acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and in vivo neuroprotective capacity were evaluated. PEL-ET was the best acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, with no significant difference (p > 0.05) compared to the control eserine, and it showed neither preventive nor regenerative effect in the neuroprotection assay. SED-ET demonstrated a significant protective effect compared to the control, suggesting neuroprotection against rotenone-induced neurological damage.

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