ABSTRACT The use of agricultural residues in anaerobic digestion (AD) for biogas production promotes environmental and socioeconomic benefits. This study aimed to evaluate the biogas production from dry coffee husks (DCH), wet coffee husks (WCH), and cattle manure (CM) in AD. Prototypes of Indian anaerobic benchtop digesters with a batch feeding system supplied with 100 CM, 100 DCH, and 100 WCH for anaerobic mono-digestion (AMoD) and 25:75 DCH:CM and WCH:CM for anaerobic co-digestion (ACoD) were used in the experiment. The dry husk was mechanically pre-treated with grinding in a manual mill. Moisture and total solid presented no statistically significant difference between the studied relationships but the coffee husk as a co-digestant acidified the medium to be digested. The 25:75 DCH:CM ratio anticipated biogas production (7th week) and showed higher potential for weekly and accumulated biogas production. The Gompertz model showed the best fit considering the coefficient of determination, mean relative error, standard deviation of the estimate, and mean squared deviation. Therefore, the coffee husk as a co-digestant of cattle manure is a potential lignocellulosic biomass for biogas production provided that the process is conducted under pre-treatment.

O câncer de mama é uma doença que afeta principalmente as mulheres e segundo as estatísticas esta vem aumentando com certa frequência nos países ocidentais, e isto tem preocupado a comunidade científica. Esta doença está associada a diversos fatores de risco, sendo a dieta um fator que tem demonstrado relação com a promoção de câncer de mama. Uma alimentação rica em substância funcional tem sido alvo de atenção, pois os fitoestrógenos têm mostrado através de estudos experimentais, propriedades benéficas à saúde, e parece contribuir para a redução do risco de câncer de mama. Alimentos como a semente de linhaça tem sido objeto de estudo, já que contêm substâncias consideradas como quimioprotetora e sua estrutura química assemelha-se ao estrogênio humano e compete com este pelo seu sítio de ligação. De acordo com os estudos experimentais, realizados com animais e humanos, a semente de linhaça é rica em lignana e outros componentes, que apresentaram ter efeito fracamente estrogênico e antiestrogênico, mostrando exercer influência na diminuição do risco de câncer de mama.

The breast cancer is a disease that affects especially women, and according to statistics, this is increasing with certain frequency in western country and it has been concerning the scientific society. This disease is associated with various factors of risk, and diets have being considered a factor that has promoted breast cancer. Food rich in functional substances has drawn attention, because phytoestrogens have showed, through experimental studies, beneficial properties for health and appeared to contribute for the decrease of breast cancer risk. Food with flaxseed has been object of study, because it contains substances called chemoprotective and its chemistry structure resembles human estrogens and competes with its link site. According to the experimental studies made in animals and humans, flaxseed is rich in lignans and other components, that seem to have weak estrogenic/antiestrogenic effect showing to exert influence in the decreasing of breast cancer risk.