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Ant-plant sociometry in the Azteca-Cecropia mutualism [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 AbstractA holistic understanding of superorganism biology requires study of colony sociometry, or the quantitative relationships among growth, nest architecture, morphology, and behavior. For ant colonies that obligately nest within plant hosts, their sociometry is likely intertwined with the plant, which has implications for the evolution, strength ...
Peter R. Marting +3 more
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Effects of Iron on oxidative stress of Cecropia hololeuca and Carica papaya plants
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 Iron is essential to plant development. However, its excess can provoke an increase in reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in plants. The objective of this work was to verify the effects of high concentrations of iron on the oxidative stress of seeds and young plants of Cecropia hololeuca and Carica papaya.
JOSINEI RODRIGUES FILHO +5 more
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Selection of chemical markers for the quality control of medicinal plants of the genus Cecropia [PDF]
Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017 Several Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species are traditionally used in Latin America for the treatment of a variety of diseases including diabetes, arterial hypertension, asthma, bronchitis, anxiety, and inflammation. At present, a number of commercial products based on these plants have been introduced into the market with very little information on ...
Andrés Rivera-Mondragón +6 more
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Phytochemical and analytical research on some medicinal plants from Panama using a metabolomics approach : **Cecropia** spp. and **Crescentia cujete** [PDF]
, 2019 Abstract: Herbal medicines are described as any form of plant or plant product used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, improvement, diagnosis or treatment of diseases. Due to the growing relevance of these products, we aimed to contribute to the development of scientifically based and quality controlled herbal substances.
Rivera-Mondrag\uf3n, Andr\ue9s
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A new species of Clinodiplosis Kieffer (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Cecropia sp. (Urticaceae) in Brazil [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020 Clinodiplosis cecropiae Proença & Maia a new species of Cecidomyiidae (Insecta: Diptera) is described and illustrated herein (larva, pupal exuviae, male and female). Samples of gall and host plant were collected in Amazon Rainforest areas, in Monte Negro
Barbara Proença, Valéria Cid Maia
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Serjanic Acid Improves Immunometabolic Markers in a Diet-Induced Obesity Mouse Model
Molecules, 2020 Plant extracts from Cecropia genus have been used by Latin-American traditional medicine to treat metabolic disorders and diabetes. Previous reports have shown that roots of Cecropia telenitida that contains serjanic acid are one of the most prominent ...
Gustavo Gutiérrez +9 more
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The dear enemy effect drives conspecific aggressiveness in an Azteca-Cecropia system
Scientific Reports, 2021 Territoriality is costly, and the accurate identification of intruders and the decision to perform aggressive responses are key behavioral traits in social animals. We studied aggression among individuals belonging to close and distant nests of the plant-
Gabriela Zorzal +6 more
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Nitrogen fixation by diverse diazotrophic communities can support population growth of arboreal ants
BMC Biology, 2022 Background Symbiotic ant-plant associations, in which ants live on plants, feed on plant-provided food, and protect host trees against threats, are ubiquitous across the tropics, with the Azteca-Cecropia associations being amongst the most widespread ...
Maximilian Nepel +5 more
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Molecules, 2014 The structural chemistry of proanthocyanidin molecules has been investigated in temperate zone plants, but few studies have been done with plants of the Amazonian lowland tropical wet forests where herbivore pressure is more extensive and diverse.
Alex Van Huynh, John M. Bevington
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Acta Amazonica, 2009 A fragmentação do ambiente é intensa na amazônia matogrossense e é esperado como consequência, além do desaparecimento da vegetação original, que a flora dos fragmentos seja transicional, com elementos de floresta amazônica e de cerrado e que já ...
Rosalia de Aguiar Araujo +5 more
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