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Food Composition Data: Edible Plants in Cerrado [PDF]
, 2021 Many food plants in Brazil possess technological potential that might well increase their economic value. Fruits found in the Cerrado biome are considered a good source of bioactive substances, mainly phenolic compounds, which makes them important functional foods.
Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso Bailão +8 more
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Toxic Potential of Cerrado Plants on Different Organisms
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 Cerrado has many compounds that have been used as biopesticides, herbicides, medicines, and others due to their highly toxic potential. Thus, this review aims to present information about the toxicity of Cerrado plants. For this purpose, a review was performed using PubMed, Science Direct, and Web Of Science databases. After applying exclusion criteria,
Jamira Dias Rocha +7 more
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Plants, 2023 The Cerrado confronts threats such as fire and frost due to natural or human-induced factors. These disturbances trigger attribute changes that impact biodiversity.
Gabriela Fraga Porto +2 more
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Pedology and plant physiognomies in the cerrado, Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2013 This study was carried out in Paraopeba National Reserve. It aims to classify and evaluate the soil of the studied area and to verify the influence of soil attributes on vegetation by testing the following hypotheses: 1) under woodland physiognomies (Cerradão) the soil fertility is higher and the Al content lower; 2) open savanna occurs only in areas ...
NERI, ANDREZA V. +4 more
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Impact of Drought and Flooding on Alkaloid Production in Annona crassiflora Mart
Horticulturae, 2021 The Brazilian Cerrado is the second largest Brazilian biome. In recent decades, a reduction in rainfall has indicated an extension of the dry season. Among the many native species of the Cerrado of the Annonaceae family and used in folk medicine, Annona ...
Ana Beatriz Marques Honório +8 more
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Vegetation structure in cerrado physiognomies in South-eastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001 We studied three cerrado physiognomies (campo cerrado, a savanna woodland; cerrado sensu stricto, a woodland; and cerradão, a tall woodland) in a reserve with 1,225 ha, in Santa Rita do Passa-Quatro (21°36-38'S and 47°36-39'W), São Paulo State, South ...
M. A. BATALHA +2 more
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Is it the end of the Cerrado domain in the west of state of Paraná (Brazil)? Floristic aspects of Cerrado fragments in Campo Mourão [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2023 Currently only a few relicts of Brazilian savanna (Cerrado domain) remain sparsely distributed in state of Paraná. This study catalogued the species of vascular plants occurring in three Cerrado fragments of Campo Mourão.
Tatiane Monteiro-Ré +3 more
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Ecological phytochemistry of Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) plants [PDF]
Phytochemistry Reviews, 2013 The Cerrado (the Brazilian savanna) is one of the vegetation formations of great biodiversity in Brazil and it has experienced strong deforestation and fragmentation. The Cerrado must contain at least 12,000 higher plant species.We discuss the ecological relevance of phytochemical studies carried out on plants from the Cerrado, including examples of ...
Novaes, Paula +3 more
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Use of cerrado plants as an alternative in the control of bacterial contamination in the alcoholic fermentation process [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyBacterial contamination causes irreparable losses in the performance of alcoholic fermentation. Antibiotics are used to control these microorganisms, but they generate residues and cause microbial resistance. Today the only commercial product used by the
M. C. Lima +5 more
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Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2003 Cerrado vegetation is composed of a mosaic of vegetation types, from campo sujo, dominated by herbs; campo cerrado and cerrado sensu stricto, with shrubby vegetation; to cerradão, with trees forming a denser forest. This physiognomic mosaic is related to
Mara Patrícia Pais +1 more
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