Applications in Plant Sciences, 2014 Premise of the study: Novel nuclear exon-primed intron-crossing (EPIC) markers were developed to increase phylogenetic resolution among recently diverged lineages in the frankincense and myrrh family, Burseraceae, using Citrus, Arabidopsis, and Oryza ...
Morgan R. Gostel, Andrea Weeks
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Plant water resource partitioning and isotopic fractionation during transpiration in a seasonally dry tropical climate [PDF]
, 2017 Lake Chala (3 degrees 19' S, 37 degrees 42' E) is a steep-sided crater lake situated in equatorial East Africa, a tropical semiarid area with a bimodal rainfall pattern. Plants in this region are exposed to a prolonged dry season, and we investigated if (
Bodé, Samuel +5 more
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Tree Species Composition and Forest Stratification along the Gradients in the Dry Deciduous Forests of Godavari Valley, Telangana, India [PDF]
, 2018 It is important to understand the tree species composition, abundance, species diversity and stratification in tropical dry deciduous forests that are under threat. A quadrat study was attempted in the dry deciduous forests along the ecological
Raju, Vatsavaya S, Suthari, Sateesh
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Systematic anatomy of the woods of the Burseraceae
Lilloa, 2021 The author describes the anatomy of the Burseraceae log and compares it with that of Anacardiaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae and Meliaceae. The similarities in the structure of his logs suggest the possibility of a common origin; those of Meliaceae show ...
Irma Eleanor Schimdt Webber
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Molecules, 2018 The genus Bursera belongs to the family Burseraceae and has been used in traditional Mexican medicine for treating various pathophysiological disorders. The most representative phytochemicals isolated from this genus are terpenoids and lignans.
Maria Carla Marcotullio +2 more
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The biogeographic origin of a radiation of trees in Madagascar: implications for the assembly of a tropical forest biome [PDF]
, 2015 Background Madagascar’s rain forests are characterized by extreme and uneven patterns of species richness and endemicity, the biogeographic and evolutionary origins of which are poorly understood. Methods
Alex Dornburg +5 more
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CONSTITUINTES QUÍMICOS DE Protium paniculatum (BURSERACEAE) [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1993 Dos extratos etéreo e etanólico da casca da madeira de Protium paniculatum Engl. foram isolados á e β-AMIRINA (0,012%), β-sitosiero! e estigmasterol (0,003%) e o ácido 3,3'-di-0-metilelágico (0,093%0).
Maria das G. B. ZOGHBI +3 more
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Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND\ud \ud The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practice. Traditional medicines are the mainstay of healthcare in this region and are known to support the management of many illnesses such ...
Moshi, Mainen J +2 more
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Separação semipreparativa de α e β-amirina por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência
Química Nova, 2011 The resin obtained from species of the genus Protium (Burseraceae) is formed mostly of pentacyclic triterpenes: α-amyrin and β-amyrin. The separation and purification of these triterpenes were optimized in three steps.
Marluce Oliveira Dias +2 more
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Molecular systematic perspectives on biome origins and dynamics [PDF]
, 2012 invited commentary on the following article:De-Nova JA, Medina R, Montero JC, Weeks A, Rosell JA, Olson ME, Eguiarte LE, Magallo ́n S. 2011. Insights into the historical construction of species-rich Mesoamerican seasonally dry tropical forests: the ...
Becerra +16 more
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