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  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,909 Views
10 Pages

23 March 2021

Background: Cultivated buckwheat include two species originating from China: common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tartaricum). Buckwheat can cause IgE-mediated allergy, including severe allergic reactions and anaph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,695 Views
21 Pages

Influence of Buckwheat and Buckwheat Sprouts Flours on the Nutritional and Textural Parameters of Wheat Buns

  • Alina Sturza,
  • Adriana Păucean,
  • Maria Simona Chiș,
  • Vlad Mureșan,
  • Dan Cristian Vodnar,
  • Simona Maria Man,
  • Adriana Cristina Urcan,
  • Iulian Eugen Rusu,
  • Georgiana Fostoc and
  • Sevastița Muste

10 November 2020

In recent years, food products manufactured with buckwheat and sprouts flours have attracted widespread interest due to their high nutritional value with various health benefits, becoming more and more popular. The purpose of this study was to assess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,732 Views
19 Pages

Use of Unmalted and Malted Buckwheat in Brewing

  • Marius Eduard Ciocan,
  • Rozália Veronika Salamon,
  • Ágota Ambrus,
  • Georgiana Gabriela Codină,
  • Ancuța Chetrariu and
  • Adriana Dabija

8 February 2023

With the goal of introducing specialty beers with full flavor and effective processing, craft and functional beer have revived old assortments and established new assortments in countries throughout the world. These unique selections are produced uti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
100 Citations
10,999 Views
14 Pages

Tartary Buckwheat in Human Nutrition

  • Zlata Luthar,
  • Aleksandra Golob,
  • Mateja Germ,
  • Blanka Vombergar and
  • Ivan Kreft

5 April 2021

Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) originates in mountain areas of western China, and it is mainly cultivated in China, Bhutan, northern India, Nepal, and central Europe. Tartary buckwheat shows greater cold resistance than common buckwh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,169 Views
15 Pages

29 November 2024

To obtain fungal strains that enhance plant growth in the rhizosphere soil of buckwheat, we utilized morphological and molecular biological methods to identify 10 fungal strains from the rhizosphere soil and subsequently evaluated their effects on se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,123 Views
13 Pages

6 September 2022

The effects of jet milling on the physicochemical properties of buckwheat flour and the quality characteristics of extruded whole buckwheat noodles (WBN) were investigated in this study. The results reveal that the application of jet milling signific...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,351 Views
8 Pages

Adaptative Responses of Common and Tartary Buckwheat to Different Altitudes

  • Aleksandra Golob,
  • Neja Luzar,
  • Ivan Kreft and
  • Mateja Germ

28 May 2022

Environmental conditions at different elevations are harsher at higher elevations and impose constraints upon plants. The response of common and Tartary buckwheats to environmental conditions at elevations between 300 and 1180 m above sea level (asl)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,293 Views
8 Pages

Breeding of Buckwheat to Reduce Bitterness and Rutin Hydrolysis

  • Tatsuro Suzuki,
  • Toshikazu Morishita,
  • Takahiro Noda,
  • Koji Ishiguro,
  • Shiori Otsuka and
  • Kenjiro Katsu

16 April 2021

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is recognized as an important traditional crop in some regions, and its taste is an important characteristic. Of the three cultivated buckwheat species, Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) and perennial buckwheat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,545 Views
17 Pages

Recent Progress in Perennial Buckwheat Development

  • Qing-Fu Chen,
  • Xiao-Yan Huang,
  • Hong-You Li,
  • Li-Juan Yang and
  • Ya-Song Cui

17 February 2018

Grains in the genus Fagopyrum have benefits to human health and are an excellent gluten-free raw material. Of all cereal foods, this genus has the highest total content of amino-acid nutrients necessary for humans; nutrients that are resistant to dig...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,161 Views
18 Pages

Buckwheat in Tissue Culture Research: Current Status and Future Perspectives

  • Alicja Tomasiak,
  • Meiliang Zhou and
  • Alexander Betekhtin

18 February 2022

Buckwheat is a member of a genus of 23 species, where the two most common species are Fagopyrum esculentum (common buckwheat) and Fagopyrum tataricum (Tartary buckwheat). This pseudocereal is a source of micro and macro nutrients, such as gluten-free...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,891 Views
16 Pages

3 September 2024

Buckwheat and other grains have become influential in sustainable agriculture and food security owing to climate change. However, subpar storage conditions can result in the deterioration of the nutritional value and active components of buckwheat, m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,291 Views
7 Pages

Anaphylactic Shock Caused by Eating Buckwheat

  • Dan Orga-Dumitriu,
  • Dana M. Harris and
  • Corina Porr

4 September 2024

Background: Urticaria is a common disease with a marked influence on quality of life. The key cell involved is the mast cell, which can be activated by a vast variety of stimuli, and the major mediator is histamine. Allergic urticaria is a disorder w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,780 Views
15 Pages

The Colonization and Effect of Isaria cateinannulata on Buckwheat Sprouts

  • Xiaona Zhang,
  • Xue Peng,
  • Guimin Yang,
  • Qingfu Chen and
  • Daochao Jin

28 December 2022

The use of entomogenous fungi as endophytes is currently an area of active research. Isaria cateniannulata is an important entomogenous fungus that has been employed for the active control of a range of pests in agricultural and forestry settings, bu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
6,183 Views
13 Pages

Analysis of Flavonoid Metabolites in Buckwheat Leaves Using UPLC-ESI-MS/MS

  • Jing Li,
  • Pu Yang,
  • Qinghua Yang,
  • Xiangwei Gong,
  • Hongchi Ma,
  • Ke Dang,
  • Guanghua Chen,
  • Xiaoli Gao and
  • Baili Feng

Flavonoids from plants are particularly important in our diet. Buckwheat is a special crop that is rich in flavonoids. In this study, four important buckwheat varieties, including one tartary buckwheat and three common buckwheat varieties, were selec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,259 Views
12 Pages

Breeding Buckwheat for Increased Levels and Improved Quality of Protein

  • Zlata Luthar,
  • Meiliang Zhou,
  • Aleksandra Golob and
  • Mateja Germ

24 December 2020

Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn.) and common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) are important sources of proteins with balanced amino-acid compositions, and thus of high nutritional value. The polyphenols naturally present in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,597 Views
16 Pages

1 July 2023

Tartary buckwheat has attracted more attention than common buckwheat due to its unique chemical composition and higher efficacy in the prevention of various diseases. The content of flavonoids in Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn) is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,218 Views
13 Pages

The Effect of Buckwheat Resistant Starch on Intestinal Physiological Function

  • Zhan-Bin Sun,
  • Xiao Zhang,
  • Yi Yan,
  • Jia-Liang Xu,
  • Xin Lu and
  • Qing Ren

21 May 2023

Resistant starch appears to have promising effects on hypertension, cardiovascular and enteric illness. The influence of resistant starch on intestinal physiological function has drawn great attention. In this study, we first analyzed the physicochem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,014 Views
16 Pages

New Insights into the Antioxidant Compounds of Achenes and Sprouted Buckwheat Cultivated in the Republic of Moldova

  • Caterina Dumitru,
  • Rodica Mihaela Dinica,
  • Gabriela-Elena Bahrim,
  • Camelia Vizireanu,
  • Liliana Baroiu,
  • Alina Viorica Iancu and
  • Miruna Draganescu

1 November 2021

It is well known that both Fagopyrum esculentum species, buckwheat achenes and buckwheat germs, contain flavonoids, and that they can be considered functional foods. In the present study we have analyzed the total content of polyphenols (TPC) and fla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,354 Views
22 Pages

Buckwheat Disease Recognition Based on Convolution Neural Network

  • Xiaojuan Liu,
  • Shangbo Zhou,
  • Shanxiong Chen,
  • Zelin Yi,
  • Hongyu Pan and
  • Rui Yao

9 May 2022

Buckwheat is an important cereal crop with high nutritional and health value. Buckwheat disease greatly affects the quality and yield of buckwheat. The real-time monitoring of disease is an essential part of ensuring the development of the buckwheat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,463 Views
15 Pages

The Distribution and Sustainable Utilization of Buckwheat Resources under Climate Change in China

  • Wen Wen,
  • Zhiqiang Li,
  • Jirong Shao,
  • Yu Tang,
  • Zhijun Zhao,
  • Jingang Yang,
  • Mengqi Ding,
  • Xuemei Zhu and
  • Meiliang Zhou

30 September 2021

Buckwheat is a promising pseudo cereal and its cultivation history can be traced back to thousands of years ago in China. Nowadays, buckwheat is not only an ordinary crop but also a symbol of healthy life because of its rich nutritional and pharmacol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,233 Views
16 Pages

1 April 2021

The aim was to investigate the effects of the cold dehulling of buckwheat seeds on their germination, total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant activity (AA) and phenolics composition. Cold dehulling had no negative effects on germination rate and re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,903 Views
19 Pages

Breeding Buckwheat for Nutritional Quality in the Czech Republic

  • Dagmar Janovská,
  • Michal Jágr,
  • Pavel Svoboda,
  • Václav Dvořáček,
  • Vladimir Meglič and
  • Petra Hlásná Čepková

22 June 2021

Buckwheat is a nutritionally valuable crop, an alternative to common cereals also usable in gluten-free diets. The selection of buckwheat genotypes suitable for further breeding requires the characterization and evaluation of genetic resources. The m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,531 Views
11 Pages

Buckwheat Flour (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)—A Contemporary View on the Problems of Its Production for Human Nutrition

  • Pavel Skřivan,
  • Diana Chrpová,
  • Blanka Klitschová,
  • Ivan Švec and
  • Marcela Sluková

15 August 2023

Buckwheat is returning to the countries of Central Europe; there are several reasons for this: firstly, due to its interesting chemical composition (proteins, fibre, and phenolic compounds), which is reflected in its nutritional value and potential h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,089 Views
19 Pages

Scented Tartary Buckwheat Tea: Aroma Components and Antioxidant Activity

  • Qinglian Xu,
  • Li Wang,
  • Wenxiu Li,
  • Yage Xing,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Qin Wang,
  • He Li,
  • Hong Liu,
  • Hua Yang and
  • Yuan Ma
  • + 1 author

29 November 2019

In this study, the aroma compounds of Huantai tartary buckwheat tea (TBH), three laboratory-produced scented tartary buckwheat teas, as well as the antioxidant activity of tea infusion was investigated. In total, 103 aroma components were isolated an...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,365 Views
2 Pages

Background and objectives: Buckwheat groat is a product that is eagerly consumed in many countries around the world, and its production consists primarily of the hydrothermal treatment (e.g., steaming, roasting, drying) and dehulling of buckwheat see...

  • Review
  • Open Access
298 Views
27 Pages

Common Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Mill.) as a Support for Sustainable Agriculture

  • Piotr Jarosław Żarczyński,
  • Ewa Mackiewicz-Walec,
  • Sławomir Józef Krzebietke,
  • Stanisław Sienkiewicz,
  • Soňa Hlinková and
  • Katarzyna Żarczyńska

13 March 2026

Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Mill.) is a pseudocereal that has recently gained increasing interest among both farmers and scientists. Its low soil requirements, high adaptability, and high resistance to diseases and pests allow it to be cul...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,416 Views
10 Pages

17 May 2021

Buckwheat is recognized as an important traditional crop and supports local economies in several regions around the world. Buckwheat is used, for example, as a cereal grain, noodle and bread. In addition, buckwheat is also used as a sprout or a young...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,689 Views
24 Pages

An Overview of Buckwheat—A Superfood with Applicability in Human Health and Food Packaging

  • Alexandra Andreea Lițoiu,
  • Adriana Păucean,
  • Claudiu Lung,
  • Alexandru Zmuncilă and
  • Maria Simona Chiș

16 July 2025

Buckwheat, a dicotyledonous pseudocereal from the Polygonaceae family, has emerged as a crop of scientific and industrial interest due to its exceptional phytochemical profile, adaptability to different environments, and minimal agronomic input requi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
466 Views
11 Pages

29 December 2025

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) is a protease that degrades incretin and inhibits the secretion of insulin. Consequently, DPP-4 inhibition promotes insulin secretion and prevents the onset of type 2 diabetes. Given the growing interest in food-derived...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,109 Views
16 Pages

Impact of Rutin and Other Phenolic Substances on the Digestibility of Buckwheat Grain Metabolites

  • Ivan Kreft,
  • Mateja Germ,
  • Aleksandra Golob,
  • Blanka Vombergar,
  • Francesco Bonafaccia and
  • Zlata Luthar

Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) is grown in eastern and central Asia (the Himalayan regions of China, Nepal, Bhutan and India) and in central and eastern Europe (Luxemburg, Germany, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). It is known fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
105 Citations
8,332 Views
15 Pages

13 August 2012

The analysis of major and minor flavonoids, and antioxidant capacity of stems, leaves, flowers, unripe seeds and ripe seeds of common and tartary buckwheat plants collected during different growth periods was addressed in this study. The highest ruti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
977 Views
23 Pages

Transcriptional Analysis of Tissues in Tartary Buckwheat Seedlings Under IAA Stimulation

  • Yingying Gao,
  • Jialing Lai,
  • Chenglu Feng,
  • Luyang Li,
  • Qihang Zu,
  • Juan Li and
  • Dengxiang Du

27 December 2024

Background: Fagopyrum tataricum, commonly referred to as tartary buckwheat, is a cultivated medicinal and edible crop renowned for its economic and nutritional significance. Following the publication of the buckwheat genome, research on its func...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,411 Views
18 Pages

Systematic Review of Human and Animal Evidence on the Role of Buckwheat Consumption on Gastrointestinal Health

  • Ezra Valido,
  • Jivko Stoyanov,
  • Frida Gorreja,
  • Stevan Stojic,
  • Christa Niehot,
  • Jessica Kiefte-de Jong,
  • Erand Llanaj,
  • Taulant Muka and
  • Marija Glisic

20 December 2022

Background: Buckwheat is a commonly cultivated crop with growing evidence that it is beneficial to gastrointestinal (GI) health. This systematic review summarizes the role of buckwheat in modifying GI health outcomes and microbiomes. Methods: Four me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,343 Views
15 Pages

Setting Up a “Green” Extraction Protocol for Bioactive Compounds in Buckwheat Husk

  • Anna R. Speranza,
  • Francesca G. Ghidotti,
  • Alberto Barbiroli,
  • Alessio Scarafoni,
  • Sara Limbo and
  • Stefania Iametti

Buckwheat, a gluten-free pseudocereal, is rich in dietary fiber, minerals, high-quality proteins, vitamins, and essential amino acids. Buckwheat husk, a by-product of dehulling, contains high levels of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols and diet...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,021 Views
11 Pages

Molecular Shield for Protection of Buckwheat Plants from UV-B Radiation

  • Ivan Kreft,
  • Alena Vollmannová,
  • Judita Lidiková,
  • Janette Musilová,
  • Mateja Germ,
  • Aleksandra Golob,
  • Blanka Vombergar,
  • Darja Kocjan Ačko and
  • Zlata Luthar

30 August 2022

Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn.) and common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) are adapted to growing in harsh conditions of high altitudes. Ultraviolet radiation at high altitudes strongly impacts plant growth and developmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,024 Views
15 Pages

18 November 2022

This study aimed to investigate the impact of partial replacement of Tartary buckwheat flour (TBF) with Tartary buckwheat bran flour (TBBF) on the quality, bioactive compounds content, and in vitro starch digestibility of Tartary buckwheat dried nood...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,193 Views
6 Pages

Roasted Tartary Buckwheat Bran as a Material for Producing Rutin-Rich Tea Beverages

  • Takahiro Noda,
  • Koji Ishiguro,
  • Tatsuro Suzuki and
  • Toshikazu Morishita

3 December 2021

Tartary buckwheat bran, a byproduct of buckwheat milling, is commonly treated as waste. The present study examined the rutin content during successive infusions of roasted Tartary buckwheat bran and grain to develop a functional Tartary buckwheat tea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,106 Views
15 Pages

Nutritional Quality Analysis and Classification Detection of Buckwheat in Different Harvest Periods

  • Peichen Xin,
  • Yun Liu,
  • Lufei Yang,
  • Haoran Yan,
  • Shuai Feng and
  • Decong Zheng

17 August 2024

For buckwheat, the optimal harvest period is difficult to determine—too early or too late a harvest affects the nutritional quality of buckwheat. In this paper, physical and chemical tests are combined with a method using near-infrared spectros...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,828 Views
17 Pages

The European Green Deal: Determination of the Energy Parameters of the String Husking Device in Buckwheat Processing

  • Kyrylo Samoichuk,
  • Natalia Fuchadzhy,
  • Valentyna Verkholantseva,
  • Iryna Horetska,
  • Taras Hutsol,
  • Tetiana Prylipko,
  • Szymon Glowacki,
  • Tomasz Nurek and
  • Dmytro Sorokin

22 January 2024

The priority tasks of grain production sustainability are solving the problem of the significant total energy consumption of the full production cycle and adapting the existing equipment to use as part of equipment sets of low and medium productivity...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,820 Views
12 Pages

Tartary Buckwheat Bran: A Review of Its Chemical Composition, Processing Methods and Food Uses

  • Takahiro Noda,
  • Koji Ishiguro,
  • Tatsuro Suzuki and
  • Toshikazu Morishita

12 May 2023

Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) containing large amounts of functional compounds with antioxidant activity, such as rutin, has attracted substantial research attention due to its industrial applications. Particularly, the functional c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
157 Citations
10,389 Views
18 Pages

Phenolics Content and Antioxidant Activity of Tartary Buckwheat from Different Locations

  • Xu-Dan Guo,
  • Yu-Jie Ma,
  • John Parry,
  • Jin-Ming Gao,
  • Liang-Li Yu and
  • Min Wang

25 November 2011

Two tartary buckwheat samples (Xingku No.2 and Diqing) grown at three locations were analyzed for free and bound phenolic content and antioxidant properties. Moreover, the relative contributions of variety and growing environment to phenolic content...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,138 Views
10 Pages

6 January 2021

The aim of this study was to further increase the amount of straw that can be used to produce solid biofuels, as currently only about 130–140 thousand of the 3 million tonnes of straw collected annually in Lithuania are used for solid biofuel p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,806 Views
17 Pages

8 March 2023

Buckwheat is an important coarse grain often grown in China’s marginal and dry mountainous areas; however, few empirical studies have quantified the factors that increase land productivity and encourage buckwheat farmers’ market participa...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,674 Views
8 Pages

Principal Components and Cluster Analysis of Trace Elements in Buckwheat Flour

  • Mengyu Zhao,
  • Junbo Gou,
  • Kaixuan Zhang and
  • Jingjun Ruan

3 January 2023

Essential trace elements are required at very low quantities in the human body but are essential for various physiological functions. Each trace element has a specific role and a lack of these elements can easily cause a threat to health and can be p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,603 Views
10 Pages

Distribution of Free and Bound Phenolic Compounds in Buckwheat Milling Fractions

  • Beatriz Martín-García,
  • Federica Pasini,
  • Vito Verardo,
  • Ana María Gómez-Caravaca,
  • Emanuele Marconi and
  • Maria Fiorenza Caboni

12 December 2019

Buckwheat is a rich source of phenolic compounds that have shown to possess beneficial effect to reduce some diseases due to their antioxidant power. Phenolic compounds are present in the free and in the bound form to the cell wall that are concentra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,395 Views
18 Pages

Cold Plasma Affects Germination and Fungal Community Structure of Buckwheat Seeds

  • Jure Mravlje,
  • Marjana Regvar,
  • Pia Starič,
  • Miran Mozetič and
  • Katarina Vogel-Mikuš

23 April 2021

Crop seeds are frequently colonised by fungi from the field or storage places. Some fungi can cause plant diseases or produce mycotoxins, compromising the use of seeds as seeding material, food or feed. We have investigated the effects of cold plasma...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,749 Views
8 Pages

Hydrothermal Treatments Affecting the Concentration of Neochlorogenic Acid in Dough of Tartary Buckwheat

  • Mateja Germ,
  • Július Árvay,
  • Alena Vollmannová,
  • Tomáš Tóth,
  • Ivan Kreft and
  • Aleksandra Golob

3 December 2020

This study investigated the effects of initial temperature treatments of gluten-free doughs made from Tartary buckwheat flour, and time of methanol extraction from the cooked doughs of neochlorogenic acid, an important polyphenol metabolite. The doug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,707 Views
10 Pages

Accumulation of Phenylpropanoids in Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) under Salt Stress

  • Nam Su Kim,
  • Soon-Jae Kwon,
  • Do Manh Cuong,
  • Jin Jeon,
  • Jong Seok Park and
  • Sang Un Park

11 November 2019

Salinity stress affects plants by reducing the water potential and causing ion imbalance or disturbances in ion homeostasis and toxicity. Salinity stress frequently causes both osmotic and ionic stress in plants, resulting in the increase or decrease...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,398 Views
16 Pages

In the world, wastes/residues from agricultural activities are rapidly increasing, causing environmental problems. These wastes/residues can be used for the production of biohydrogen as a raw material. In this context, buckwheat crop residue, which h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,106 Views
13 Pages

Quality Differences between Fresh and Dried Buckwheat Noodles Associated with Water Status and Inner Structure

  • Ruibin Wang,
  • Ming Li,
  • Yimin Wei,
  • Boli Guo,
  • Margaret Brennan and
  • Charles Stephen Brennan

18 January 2021

Buckwheat noodles are mainly sold in the form of fresh and dried noodles in China. Among the noodles with varied proportions of extruded buckwheat flour (20% to 80%), the cooking or textural qualities of fresh and dried buckwheat noodles (FBN and DBN...

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