The GuaranIndustry In Brazil

Kuri, Carlos Miguel Barber

doi:10.19030/iber.v7i5.3258

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“…Guarana powder is also sold, but in smaller amounts (10% of the total produced) for consumption in homemade energy drinks or for direct ingestion as a tonic packed in gelatinous capsules or packets. The remaining 20% is used for the production of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics (Anvisa-Brazil, 1997;Kuri, 2008).…”

Section: Production and Marketingmentioning

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Guarana: Revisiting a highly caffeinated plant from the Amazon

Schimpl

Silva

Gonçalves

et al. 2013

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Section: Production and Marketingmentioning

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Guarana: Revisiting a highly caffeinated plant from the Amazon

Schimpl

Silva

Gonçalves

et al. 2013

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

161

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“…The use of caffeine in the form of drugs, as for instance, in anti-flu drugs, and of a lot it in the composition of a variety of dietary supplements, is mainly used because of its high content [12,70,71].…”

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Benefits and Effectiveness of Using<i> </i><i>Paullinia cupana</i>: A Review Article

Salomão-Oliveira¹,

Lima²,

Marinho³

et al. 2018

JFNR

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Guarana is native to the Amazonian region of Brazil and, widely used in liquid preparations due to its stimulating effect, along with other therapeutic properties. Its chemical components, methylxanthines and condensed tannins, exhibiting a marked biological activity, may be found in commercially available powdered guarana brands at varying levels, possibly due to their provenance and drying processes. However, the chemical standardization of its extract maintains the same quantified content of active substances on each and every lot of extract produced, thus asssuring their quality and therapeutic efficacy. Consumption of guarana by the population should be controlled, since there is controversy as to its dosage and association with allopathic drugs, the interactions of which may result in increasing the therapeutic effect, reducing efficacy or even bringing about adverse reactions. However, the use of guarana in adequate concentrations may contribute to achieve therapeutic properties with less toxicity on account of it being some natural antioxidants source and considered one of the most important new substances directly used as effective medicinal agents.

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“…Caffeine levels in guarana powder can be up to four times greater than those found in ground coffee (CEPLAC, 2011;Tfouni et al, 2007). The effects attributed to the consumption of guarana powder by humans include aphrodisiac properties and increased metabolic rates (Kuri, 2008;Webb, 2006). As such, fruit flies fed on a diet with added guarana powder might be expected to show greater copulatory success.…”

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Adding guarana powder to medfly diets: an alternative for improving the Sterile Insect Technique

Aquino

Souza

Santos

et al. 2016

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Ceratitis capitata (medfly) is a globally important horticultural pest that can be controlled using the sterile insect technique (SIT), but the success of SIT depends on the sexual performance of mass-reared males when released into the field. We added "guarana" (Paullinia cupana) powder (derived from an Amazonian fruit that is considered to be a stimulant with aphrodisiac effects, capable of improving human physical stamina) to the diets of adult male medflies to determine whether it increased their sexual performance. The basic diet of a protein extract + sucrose (1:3) was enriched with guarana powder (3 % on a volume basis). Experiments examining sexual competitiveness were performed using lab-reared males fed with the enriched diet vs.lab-reared males fed on the basic diet (and lab-reared females fed on the basic diet), as well as lab-reared males fed with the enriched diet vs. wild males fed on the basic diet (and wild females fed on the basic diet). The results of both experiments indicated that males maintained on diets enriched with guarana powder showed higher copulation successes than males fed only with the basic diet. Guarana powder therefore contributed to the greater mating success of lab-reared males (probably because of its stimulant properties), and may represent a new and viable option for increasing SIT effectiveness.

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The GuaranIndustry In Brazil

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Guarana: Revisiting a highly caffeinated plant from the Amazon

Guarana: Revisiting a highly caffeinated plant from the Amazon

Benefits and Effectiveness of Using<i> </i><i>Paullinia cupana</i>: A Review Article

Adding guarana powder to medfly diets: an alternative for improving the Sterile Insect Technique

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