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名詞

maqui

1. A South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
   • 2011, Alexander G. Schauss, Açaí: An Extraordinary Antioxidant-Rich Palm Fruit from the Amazon, 3rd edition, page 136:

     But based on independent laboratory tests, maqui berry is not nearly as strong an antioxidant as açai.

   • 2013, Diana E. Roopchand, Leonel E. Rojo, David Ribnicky, Ilya Raskin, “7: Anthocyanins and Metabolic Syndrome”, in Taylor C. Wallace, M. Monica Giusti, editors, Anthocyanins in Health and Disease, page 208:

     Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis), also known as Chilean blackberry, is an edible berry that grows wild in central and southern Chile. A standardized anthocyanin rich formulation from Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis) administered at a dose of 500 mg/kg decreased fasting blood glucose and improved glucose tolerance in hyperglycemic C57/Bl6J mice fed a HF diet (Rojo et al. 2012).

   • 2016, Doreen Virtue, Robert Reeves, Nutrition for Intuition, unnumbered page:

     Maqui is another strong antioxidant, this time coming from southern Chile.

2. The edible berry of this shrub.
3. Misspelling of maquis (Mediterranean coastal scrub).