Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:Biotechnological applications of latex peptidases are numerous, such as in medicine: plasma-clotting (Viana et al., 2013), anti-cancer, antihelminthic, and anti-inflammatory activities (Salas, Gomes, Hernandez, & Lopes,
2008); in agriculture: defense against insects and fungi (Konno et al., 2004;…
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