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Local Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants in a Rural Community in the Agreste of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The use of medicinal plants is an important source of therapeutic resources in rural communities and the wide versatility of some species may attract interest for prospecting studies. The aim of this study was to record and analyze local knowledge and the use of medicinal plants in the rural community of Malícia, municipality of Araçagi, Paraíba State,
Ezequiel da Costa Ferreira, Maria da Glória Vieira Anselmo, Natan Medeiros Guerra, Camilla Marques de Lucena, Cattleya do Monte Pessoa Felix, Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y Paniagua-Zambrana, Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena, Maan B. Rokaya   +8 more
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Leishmanicidal activity of Cecropia pachystachya flavonoids: Arginase inhibition and altered mitochondrial DNA arrangement [PDF]

Phytochemistry, 2013
The plant Cecropia pachystachya Trécul is widely used in Brazilian ethnomedicine to treat hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. Arginase is an enzyme with levels that are elevated in these disorders, and it is central to Leishmania polyamine biosynthesis.
Ebenézer de Mello, Cruz, Edson Roberto, da Silva, Claudia do Carmo, Maquiaveli, Eliomara Sousa Sobral, Alves, João Francisco, Lucon, Matheus Balduino Gonçalves, dos Reis, Cleyton Eduardo Mendes, de Toledo, Frederico Guaré, Cruz, Marcos André, Vannier-Santos   +8 more
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Hypoglycemic effects of Cecropia pachystachya in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2010
Leaves of Cecropia pachystachya are described in the folk medicine as possessing antitusive, expectorant, antiasthmatic and hypoglycemic effects.To investigate the hypoglycemic and antioxidant effects of methanolic extract from the leaves of Cecropia pachystachya.
Danielle M O, Aragão, Lyvia, Guarize, Juliana, Lanini, Juliana C, da Costa, Raúl M G, Garcia, Elita, Scio   +5 more
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Can Carollia perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) induce seed germination of Cecropia pachystachya?

Mastozoología Neotropical, 2020
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We tested if seed germination of the tree Cecropia pachystachya is induced after being consumed by the frugivorous bat Carollia perspicillata. We carried out two essays; in the rst, we compared germination of seeds from C. perspicillata feces, seeds chemically scari ed in acid solutions, and seeds from
de Oliveira, Ademir Kleber M., Pulchério-Leite, Atenisi, Ribeiro, Jonathan W. F., Fernandes, Valtecir   +3 more
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Using X-ray test to evaluate the quality of Embaúba seeds (Cecropia pachystachya Trec.) [PDF]

, 2008
O trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de adequar o teste de raios X para a avaliação da qualidade de sementes de embaúba e verificar a influência da formação da sua estrutura interna na germinação.
CARVALHO, Maria Laene Moreira de, CICERO, Silvio Moure, NOVEMBRE, Ana Dionisia da Luz Coelho, PUPIM, Tulio Lourenço   +3 more
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TEMPO DE LETALIDADE DO CÂMBIO DE DUAS ESPÉCIES ARBÓREAS DO CERRADO A 60ºC

Revista do Instituto Florestal, 2022
As queimadas nos ecossistemas naturais ocorrem de forma frequente e descontrolada, principalmente devido às ações antrópicas. Este trabalho objetivou analisar o tempo de letalidade do câmbio da casca na temperatura de 60 °C em duas espécies florestais ...
Ademilson Coneglian, Bianca Garcia dos Santos, Dywre Bento da Costa, Steffane Lorrayne da Luz Brito, Stephany Diolino Cunha, Ismael Martins Pereira   +5 more
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Herbivores just need a calm place to feed: Ants cannot help them

Entomological Communications, 2020
Why do herbivores, like Coelomera sp., seek to consume leaf tissue of Cecropia pachystachya colonized by Azteca alfari Emery, 1893 if they are at risk of being attacked by these ants?
Antônio C. M. Queiroz, Cibele R. Mendes, Dalbert B. da Costa   +2 more
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High infestation of Cecropia pachystachya (Urticaceae) by the scarab beetle Macrodactylus pumilio Burm., 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Entomological Communications, 2023
Population outbreaks, although rare, hold significant ecological implications, particularly in short-lived organisms. These outbreaks are often triggered by changes in population control factors such as food availability, absence or reduction of natural ...
Helena Negrao, Milton Barbosa, Geraldo W. Fernandes   +2 more
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Frugivoria de morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) em Cecropia pachystachya (Urticaceae) e seus efeitos na germinação das sementes

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2008
Os morcegos frugívoros são componentes fundamentais na manutenção e regeneração de florestas tropicais, pois ao se alimentarem, promovem a mobilidade das sementes dos frutos em que se alimentaram.
Therys Midori Sato, Fernando de Camargo Passos, Antonio Carlos Nogueira   +2 more
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Characterization of Nutrients in the Leaves and Fruits of Embaúba (Cecropia Pachystachya) Trécul

Journal of Regulatory Science, 2016
The fruits and leaves of the embaúba tree (Cecropia Pachystachya Trécul) harvested in the region of the state of Rio de Janeiro were analyzed for moisture, protein, fat, ash, soluble fiber, insoluble fiber, carbohydrates, pH, acidity and minerals. The fresh fruit and leaves had 71.8 and 62.4% moisture, 0.54 and 1.13% protein, 0.68 and 0.46% total fat ...
Cristina de Souza Lima, Elaine, Barreto da Silva Feijó, Marcia, Ribeiro dos Santos, Edna, U.O. Sabaa-Srur, Armando, Luo, Rensheng, Dobbs, Thomas, Smith, Robert   +6 more
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