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Formação das substâncias de reserva durante o desenvolvimento de sementes de urucum (Bixa orellana L. - Bixaceae) [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2001 As sementes de urucum não germinam durante os primeiros estádios de seu desenvolvimento devido em parte à insuficiência de materiais de reserva. A análise in situ do material de reserva das sementes revelou que ocorrem principalmente proteínas e amido ...
Lourdes I. V. do Amaral +2 more
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Ciência Rural, 2008 O urucum é um arbusto da família Bixaceae, utilizado na fabricação de corantes naturais para a indústria alimentícia e cosmética. No Brasil, somente nos últimos 15 anos, houve maior interesse pelo cultivo, pois se tornou uma alternativa agrícola ...
Augusto Jorge Cavalcante Costa +2 more
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Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2016 Cochlospermum regium (Bixaceae) is a medicinal plant species native to the Brazilian savannah, known as the Cerrado. Local communities use its roots to treat infections of the female reproductive system. This study evaluated how seasonality, phenological
Marielle Cascaes Inácio +3 more
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Nuevo registro de Amoreuxia gonzalezii (Bixaceae) para la península de Baja California, México
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015 Se registra por primera vez la presencia de Amoreuxia gonzalezii para la península de Baja California; selocalizó en la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra La Laguna.
Juan Fernando Pío-León +2 more
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Scientia Agropecuaria, 2018 El estudio tuvo como finalidad desarrollar un tinte cosmético natural a base de semilla de Bixa orellana L. (Bixaceae) y evaluar su efecto in vitro. Para el desarrollo del tinte cosmético de la semilla de Bixa orellana L.
Carmen I. Ayala-Jara +4 more
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Bixa orellana LIPIDS AS A SOURCE OF GERANYLGERANIOL: EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES AND CHARACTERIZATION [PDF]
Química NovaBixa orellana L., known as annatto, is a plant in the Bixaceae family, widely used for its seeds rich in carotenoids, such as bixin (a natural dye) and geranylgeraniol (GGOH), an isoprenoid of interest for health and agriculture. This study evaluated the
Miguel A. Martinez Gutierrez +3 more
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Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.ABSTRACT Seed traits offer valuable insights into colonization strategies under climatic unpredictability. In seasonally dry tropical forests, such traits help explain species adaptations to water availability, which is critical for effective restoration.
Thomaz Rocha +8 more
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Germination of annatto seeds according to different methods for breaking dormancy and temperatures
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2013 Bixa orellana L. is a perennial plant known as annatto or achiote, which belongs to the Bixaceae family and is widely used in cooking, due to its properties of natural dye, whose germination is affected by its own characteristics.
Dayana Rotili Nunes Picolotto +4 more
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Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 4, July 2026.The MorFunSeed dataset compiles standardized seed morphology and functional traits for 131 tree and shrub species native to Brazil's Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes. It includes 26 variables and 3406 records, providing a consistent and comparable structure across species.
Mariane Cristina Inocente +4 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.Passiflora clypeophylla, an endemic species to the Guatemalan karstic forests last seen in 1889 and deemed extinct, was rediscovered in the Department of Alta Verapaz, east of Cobán. The species was known only from a single specimen hailed from the type locality, Rubel Cruz, where it has been found again. An additional location has been identified in a
J.R. Kuethe +3 more
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