Evaluation of the Brazilian functional fruit Morinda citrifolia as phospholipases A2 and proteases modulator

• Main Authors: Tamara Rezende Marques (Author), Mariana Aparecida Braga (Author), Pedro Henrique Souza Cesar (Author), Nilton Pereira de Souza (Author), Rodrigo Martins Fráguas (Author), Daniela Aparecida Oliveira (Author), Marcus Vinicius Cardoso Trento (Author), Silvana Marcussi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Morinda citrifolia is a plant widely consumed as food and used in folk medicine. However, there is little scientific information regarding its therapeutic properties. In this study, aqueous extracts from the peel and pulp of M. citrifolia were characterized according to their modulatory action on ph...