Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on a sandbank plant formation: ecology and potential for hydrocarbon oil mycorrhizoremediation

The sources of contamination related to the exploration, production, storage, transport, distribution and disposal of petroleum, and its products, carry risks that threaten fragile coastal environments, little studied and, thus, in need of attention from the scientific community.On the other hand, symbiont mechanisms essential for the very existenc

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Fatty acid composition, bioactive phytochemicals, antioxidant properties and oxidative stability of edible fruit seed oil: effect of preharvest and processing factors

Fruit seed is a by-product of fruit processing into juice and other products.Despite being treated as waste, fruit seed contains oil with health benefits comparable or even higher than the conventional seed oil from field crops.In addition to essential fatty acids, the fruit seed oil is a rich source of bioactive compounds such as tocopherols, caro

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