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Fatty acid and triacylglycerol composition of seed and pericarp oils of the medicinal crop Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal cultivated in Sardinia (Italy).

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The results of this study qualify Sardinian W. somnifera berries as an interesting source of oils with nutritional properties, with higher total level of monounsaturated fatty acids than seed oil.
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This article is published in Natural Product Research.The article was published on 2020-10-27. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Withania somnifera.

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Increased Stress Resistance and Lifespan in Chaenorhabditis elegans Wildtype and Knockout Mutants-Implications for Depression Treatment by Medicinal Herbs.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model organism Chaenorhabditis elegans was used to assess the stress reducing effects of methanol/dichlormethane extracts from plants used in traditional medicine.
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Steroidal lactones from Withania somnifera, an ancient plant for novel medicine.

TL;DR: An overview of the chemical structures of triterpenoid components and their biological activity is presented, focusing on two novel activities, tumor inhibition and antiangiogenic properties of withaferin A and the effects of withanolide A on Alzheimer's disease.
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A single-step method for rapid extraction of total lipids from green microalgae.

TL;DR: The less labour intensive single-step procedure presented here allowed simultaneous recovery of total lipid extracts from multiple samples of green microalgae with quantitative yields and fatty acid profiles comparable to those of the previous methods.
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Comprehensive metabolic fingerprinting of Withania somnifera leaf and root extracts

TL;DR: In the present study, metabolic profiling of crude extracts of leaf and root of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha), an important medicinal plant of Indian system of medicine was carried out using NMR and chromatographic techniques.
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UV spectral properties of lipids as a tool for their identification

TL;DR: In this article, the authors traite des principes de l'absorption UV appliquee au acides gras insatures, e.g., l'absorbance UV applique, l'observation UV, the absorption UV, and l'analyse des lipides, and le developpement de spectrophotometre a reseau de diodes.
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Metabolic profiling for studying chemotype variations in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal fruits using GC-MS and NMR spectroscopy.

TL;DR: The variation in the metabolite concentration among different chemotypes of the fruits of W. somnifera suggest that specific chemovars can be used to obtain substantial amounts of bioactive ingredients for use as potential pharmacological and nutraceuticals agents.
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