Bertholletia excelsa

Certain crops require a special climate and soil. Plants native to the American tropical rain forest give coca (Erythroxylum cocoa), avocado (Persea americana), the American counterpart of the mango (Spondias mombin), guava (Psidium guqjava), papaya (Carica papaya), the Brazilian nut (Bertholletia excelsa), and chewing-gum (latex om Achras sapota). 

Nuts, i.e., almonds (Amygdalus communis L.), hazelnuts (Corylus avel-lana), walnuts (Juglans regia), cashews (Anacardium occidentale), pecan nuts (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch), Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa), pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera), macadamia nuts and Queensland nuts (Macadamia ternifolia), and products thereof, except nuts used for making distillates or ethyl alcohol... 

Tateo, F. (1971) Acid composition of fat material extracted from seeds of Bertholletia excelsa. hid. Aliment., 10, 68-70. 

In order to cope with the lack of CRMs for endogenous species, the practice of laboratory internal QC materials is developing. A Laboratory Reference Material (LRM) was prepared from Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa) for QC of the selenomethionine determinations. The concentration of selenomethionine was 79.9 p,g g-1. The homogeneity and stability of this candidate CRM passed the relevant tests recommended by the Measurement and Testing Programme [97],... 

Blood Anemia, post-malarial Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K. (Lecythidaceae) outer fruit case... 

Brazil nuts Bertholletia excelsa) are widely consumed but are produced mainly in South America, with total world production estimated to be about 20,000 metric tons. Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru are the main Brazil-nut-producing nations (59). Brazil nuts are traded mainly in the form of kernels (i.e., shelled) and are used in confectionery, bakery, and health foods. Brazil nuts contain 66-69% lipid, 14.3% protein, 12.2% carbohydrate, 3.5% ash, and 3.5% water (w/w) (1, 60). Brazil nut oil is used in the areas it is produced as cooking oil and is being promoted on the export market (59). As the export value of shelled BrazU nuts is so high, usually only defective Brazil nuts (cracked and partially oxidized) are extracted for their oils that can result in oils with acid values and peroxide values as high as 5.9-mg KOH/g oil and 7.6-meq oxygen/kg oil, respectively (61). The fatty acid composition of BrazU nut oil includes 29 8% oleic acid, 30-61% linoleic acid, 14—15% palmitic acid, 6-8% stearic acid, and 0.5% myristic acid (60,62) (Table 7). 

Smith KA (1971) The comparative uptake and translocation by plants of calcium, strontium, barium and radium. I. Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut tree) Plant Soil 34 369-379. 

Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa L.) is consumed either raw or roasted as a snack or used in a variety of confectionary products. Brazil nut contains a high amount of fat (65%-70%), which is rich in unsaturated fatty acids [39,40]. The only report on the volatile composition of Brazil nut was published by Clark and Nursten [41]. They compared both high vacuum distillation and Likens and Nickerson steam distillation for the extraction of the volatile compounds, and found the latter technique was more susceptible to artifact formation as evidenced by the presence of the lipid oxidation products 2,4-nonadienal and 2,4-decadienal in that extract. Both extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography-olfactometry (GCO) on both polar (Carbowax 20M) and nonpolar... 

Assun9ao, F.P., Bentes, M.H.S., and Serruya, H., A comparison of the stability of oils from Brazil nut, Para rubber and passion fruit seeds (Bertholletia excelsa, Hevea brasiliensis, Passiflora edulis), J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 61, 1031-1036, 1984. 

Chunhieng, T., Petritis, K., EBakir, C., Brochier, I, Goli, T., and Montet, D., Study of selenium distribution in the protein fractions of the Brazil nut, Bertholletia excelsa, J. Agric. Food Chem., 52,4318-4322, 2004. 

Silva, W.G.D., Cortesi, N., and RoveUini, N., The Brazilian nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.-Lecythidaceae group). II. Lipids The chemical structure, Rivista-Italiana-delle-Sostanze-Grasse, 74, 311-314,1997. 

BioTrade Facilitation Programme (BTFP), Market Brief in the Enropean Union for Selected Natural Ingredients Derived from Native Species Bertholletia excelsa. Compiled by Propound for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2005, Published online at http //i0.unctad. org/biotrade/docs/biotradebrief-bertholletiaexcelsa.pdf (accessed January 31, 2008). 

Barley see Hordeum spp Beans see Phaseolus Beet see Beta Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut) 11,13-15,34,36 Beta (beet) 8, 12, 20 Beta vulgaris 20 Bluebell see Endymion non-scriptus... 

John, J. A. and F. Shahidi. 2010. Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa). Journal of Functional Foods 2(3) 196-209. 

Chunhieng, T., Hafidi, A., Pioch, D., Brochier, J. Montet, D. (2008). Detailed study of Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa) oil micro-eompoimds phospholipids, tocopherols and sterols. Journal Brazil Chemistry Society, 19(1), 1374-1380, 2008. 

This sequence showed close amino acid composition, hydrophobicity profile and great homology with the small subunit of a 2S sulfur-rich albumin found in Bertholletia excelsa seeds (Brazil-nut). Infrared spectra (deuterium oxide solution, dry film) and circular dichroism studies of the small protein subunit from L usitata, indicated a great amount of ordered structure (72). 

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