Protease Inhibitors Extracted from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. Affect Kinin Release during Lung Inflammation [PDF]
Inflammation is an essential process in many pulmonary diseases in which kinins are generated by protease action on kininogen, a phenomenon that is blocked by protease inhibitors.
Ilana Cruz-Silva +6 more
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Deterioration rates of brazilwood seeds (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) under high temperatures [PDF]
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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Changes in desiccation tolerance and respiratory rates of immature Caesalpinia echinata Lam. Seeds [PDF]
: Seed storage is an important tool for ex situ conservation. Orthodox seeds can be stored for long periods, but recalcitrant seeds generally only for short periods.
Ana Clara Ferreira Baptista Araujo +1 more
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Enraizamento de estacas de Caesalpinia echinata Lam. em hidroponia [PDF]
http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198050985731O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a necessidade e a concentração apropriada de ácido indolbutírico (AIB) no enraizamento de estacas de Caesalpinia echinata em sistema de hidroponia, para a produção de mudas. O
Sérgio Valiengo Valeri +3 more
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Short storability of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. seeds as a consequence of oxidative processes [PDF]
The seed bank is one of the strategies for the preservation of endangered species, such as Caesalpinia echinata Lam. In this work we studied the changes in O2 consumption and CO2 release by seeds incubated at different temperatures and water contents ...
Edmir Vicente Lamarca +1 more
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The representation of Caesalpinia echinata (Brazilwood) in Sixteenth-and-Seventeenth-Century Maps [PDF]
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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Kinetics of solute leachate from imbibing Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) seeds [PDF]
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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Constituintes químicos voláteis das flores e folhas do pau-brasil (Caesalpinia echinata, Lam.) [PDF]
The volatile constituents obtained from a static cryogenic headspace of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Leguminosae) showed E-beta-ocimene as the major compound (57.2%), beside other monoterpenes, C6 derivatives like n-hexanal and (E)-2-hexenal and nitrogen ...
Rezende Claudia M. +4 more
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Differences in anatomy and potential hydraulic conductivity between root and stem of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Fabaceae) [PDF]
We investigated the root and stem wood of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. to test the hypothesis that there are anatomical and water conductivity differences between both organs.
Eduardo Luiz Longui +2 more
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Maturação de frutos de Caesalpinia echinata Lam., pau-brasil Maturation of fruits of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brasil wood) [PDF]
Estudaram-se parâmetros indicativos da maturação de frutos de árvores de Caesalpinia echinata, visando determinar a melhor época de colheita para propagação. Foram utilizadas 10 plantas-matriz cultivadas em Mogi-Guaçu, SP, nas quais foram etiquetadas 250
Francismar Francisco Alves Aguiar +3 more
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