Leishmanicidal compounds of Nectria pseudotrichia, an endophytic fungus isolated from the plant Caesalpinia echinata (Brazilwood) [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018 BACKGROUND In a screen of extracts from plants and fungi to detect antileishmanial activity, we found that the ethyl acetate extract of the fungus Nectria pseudotrichia, isolated from the tree Caesalpinia echinata (Brazilwood), is a promising source of ...
Betania Barros Cota +9 more
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Organic colorants based on lac dye and brazilwood as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria: a chemometrics approach [PDF]
Heritage Science, 2021 This work presents the first proof of concept for the use of molecular fluorescence signatures in medieval colours based on lac dye and brazilwood lake pigments. These two important medieval dyes were tested as markers using their UV–Visible emission and
Paula Nabais +5 more
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Biochemical Aspects of a Serine Protease from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) Seeds: A Potential Tool to Access the Mobilization of Seed Storage Proteins [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Several proteins have been isolated from seeds of leguminous, but this is the first report that a protease was obtained from seeds of Caesalpinia echinata Lam., a tree belonging to the Fabaceae family.
Priscila Praxedes-Garcia +8 more
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A Biodiversity Hotspot Losing Its Biocultural Heritage: The Challenge to Biocultural Conservation of Brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata) [PDF]
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 The biocultural heritage of a region is developed and adapted after centuries of interrelationships between humans and nature. The endangered brazilwood [Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.), E. Gagnon, H.C. Lima, and G.P.
Juan Gomes Bastos +4 more
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Kinetics of solute leachate from imbibing Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) seeds [PDF]
Revista Ceres, 2014 The electrical conductivity of leachates from imbibing seeds has been used as a vigor test for several species. The adaptation of this methodology to different species requires knowledge on the leaching kinetics of electrolytes. For Brazilwood seeds, the
Nestor Martini Neto +2 more
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The representation of Caesalpinia echinata (Brazilwood) in Sixteenth-and-Seventeenth-Century Maps [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2007 Brazilwood was the first product found in Terra de Santa Cruz, and the first explored by Portuguese colonization of Brazil. This study aims at the Occidental Cartography and the historical files represented by Portugal's interest on mapping the marketed ...
Yuri T. Rocha +2 more
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Deterioration rates of brazilwood seeds (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) under high temperatures [PDF]
Hoehnea, 2017 Caesalpinia echinata seeds deteriorate in less than three months at ambient temperature, although they can remain viable for up to five years when kept under freezing temperatures.
Márcia Regina Oliveira Santos +1 more
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Bioactive endophytic fungi isolated from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) and identification of beauvericin as a trypanocidal metabolite from Fusarium sp. [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015 Aiming to identify new sources of bioactive secondary metabolites, we isolated 82 endophytic fungi from stems and barks of the native Brazilian tree Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Fabaceae).
Fernanda Fraga Campos +11 more
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Flowering and fruiting synchronization, pollen number, floral visitors and reproductive success of Paubrasilia echinata (brazilwood; Leguminosae) in tropical urban ecosystem in comparison to Atlantic forest remnant: A dataset description [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2019 In this article, we supply raw data on the reproductive biology and frequency of pollinators of Paubrasilia echinata, a threatened tree, endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic forest, which is largely used in Brazilian urban areas (e.g.
Willams Oliveira +7 more
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Plants and Other Materials Used for Dyeing in the Present Territory of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine according to Rostafiński’s Questionnaire from 1883 [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Background: Traditional dyeing methods are practically forgotten in Poland. Józef Rostafiński included questions on the use of dyes in his ethnobotanical survey from 1883. Methods: 126 questionnaires contained information on dye plants.
Piotr Köhler +2 more
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