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ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.Cassava starch films were functionalized with Ucuúba fat and cellulose nanocrystals to tailor wettability, optical, mechanical, and barrier properties. Integrating Amazonian bioresources with nanotechnology enables sustainable edible coatings with tunable performance for fresh food preservation and enhanced UV protection.
Geovana Cristina Pinto Rodrigues +4 more
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Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2012 In order to treat hyperpigmentation-related problems, there has been a global trend in developing cosmetics claiming to have skin-whitening properties, which act by inhibiting melanin biosynthesis.
Raquel da Silva Teixeira +5 more
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Pharmacogenomics of Major Depressive Disorder in Indigenous Amazonian Populations
Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.Major depressive disorder is a highly prevalent psychological disorder worldwide and its main treatment is the use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. However, few studies have demonstrated the relationship between the presence of genetic variants in pharmacogenes and the efficacy of these drugs, especially in populations with a unique genetic ...
Kaio Evandro Cardoso Aguiar +9 more
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Floral phenology, seed germination and hybrid plants of the Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida) [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2019 The Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida) is a food plant native to the Amazon region. Several local varieties are cultivated by traditional family farmers for consumption and local trade.
Patrick BEYERLEIN +2 more
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Tracing the origins and evolution of nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera) in the Atlantic Forest
Ecography, EarlyView.Understanding the relative roles of diversification and dispersal is key to explaining large‐scale biogeographical patterns. Although both processes are known to shape biodiversity, their relative contributions remain understudied for many organisms. Here, we examine how these processes have jointly contributed to the exceptional diversity and endemism
Mar Repullés +7 more
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Seed dispersal by macaws shapes the landscape of an Amazonian ecosystem
Scientific Reports, 2017 Seed dispersal is one of the most studied plant–animal mutualisms. It has been proposed that the dispersal of many large-seeded plants from Neotropical forests was primarily conducted by extinct megafauna, and currently by livestock.
Adrián Baños-Villalba +5 more
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Les effets des équipements hydroélectriques en Amazonie
EchoGéo, 2017 This paper deals with the medium- and long-term effects of dams and hydroelectric plants installed since the 1980s in the Brazilian Amazon on the reorganization of the surrounding territories.
Céline Broggio, Martine Droulers
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
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Extra-Botanical Capacities: Plant Agency and Relational Extractivism in Contemporary Amazonia
PhilosophiesWhat is a plant? A photosynthesizing organism, molecule, commodity, songs, images, oniric experience, spirit…Indigenous perspectives show that plants cannot be thought of without the relationships that constitute them.
Karen Shiratori, Emanuele Fabiano
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Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2012 The dissemination of economically secondary plant species currently barely catches the attention of ethnobotanists. The two plants we selected, Abelmoschus moschatus and Zingiber zerumbet, present marked contrasts.
Pierre Grenand +2 more
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