Publications by authors named "Cassia Roberta Malacrida Mayer"
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- Cambess, also known as pequi, is a plant native to Brazil's Cerrado biome, whose oil has traditional medicinal uses but suffers from low extraction yields.
- Researchers explored the potential of an extract from the residue left after oil extraction, called EPPR, to create a new herbal medicine by encapsulating it in chitosan, analyzing its toxicity and anti-inflammatory effects.
- The study confirmed that both EPPR and a gel formulation of it demonstrated effective anti-inflammatory properties and stability, suggesting promising uses for this otherwise wasted plant material.
The present work aimed to characterize and optimize the submerged fermentation of broken rice for lactic acid (LA) production using undefined mixed culture from dewatered activated sludge. A microorganism with amylolytic activity, which also produces LA, Lactobacillus amylovorus, was used as a control to assess the extent of mixed culture on LA yield. Three level full factorial designs were performed to optimize and define the influence of fermentation temperature (20-50 °C), gelatinization time (30-60 min) and broken rice concentration in culture medium (40-80 g L) on LA production in pure and undefined mixed culture.
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