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Análise físico-química do óleo-resina e variabilidade genética de copaíba na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2012
O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar o óleo-resina da copaíba (Copaifera reticulata) e estimar, por meio de marcadores microssatélites, a variabilidade genética da espécie na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, PA.
Ederly Santos Silva, Caroline de Souza Mathias, Milena Campelo Freitas de Lima, Valdir Florêncio da Veiga Junior, Doriane Picanço Rodrigues, Charles Roland Clement   +5 more
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Medicinal Plants from Northeastern Brazil against Alzheimer’s Disease

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been linked with oxidative stress, acetylcholine deficiency in the brain, and inflammatory processes. In the northeast region of Brazil, various plants are used to treat several diseases associated with these processes; then an antioxidant test was performed with those plants in a previous work and twelve species with ...
Alexandre Batista Penido, Selene Maia De Morais, Alan Bezerra Ribeiro, Daniela Ribeiro Alves, Ana Livya Moreira Rodrigues, Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos, Jane Eire Silva Alencar de Menezes, Ayodele J. Akinyemi   +7 more
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Brazilian Amazon Traditional Medicine and the Treatment of Difficult to Heal Leishmaniasis Wounds with Copaifera

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
The present study describes the use of the traditional species Copaifera for treating wounds, such as ulcers scarring and antileishmanial wounds. It also relates phytochemical studies, evaluation of the leishmanicidal activity, and toxicity. The species of Copaifera with a higher incidence in the Amazon region are Copaifera officinalis, Copaifera ...
Kelly Cristina Oliveira de Albuquerque, Andreza do Socorro Silva da Veiga, João Victor da Silva e Silva, Heliton Patrick Cordovil Brigido, Erica Patrícia dos Reis Ferreira, Erica Vanessa Souza Costa, Andrey Moacir do Rosário Marinho, Sandro Percário, Maria Fâni Dolabela, Chiranjib Pal   +9 more
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Interspecific differences in the oleoresin production of Copaifera L. (Fabaceae) in the Amazon rainforest [PDF]

, 2012
Context Copaifera species produce an oleoresin of commercial importance that is widely extracted in Amazon communities. Aims This paper addresses two questions.
Vieira, Abadio H., Costa, Patricia da, TONINI, H., MARTINS, K., Bentes-Gama, Michelliny de M., VIEIRA, A. H., Martins, Karina, Tonini, Hélio, HERRERO-JÁUREGUI, C., GAMA, M. de M. B., Herrero Jaúregui, Cristina, WADT, L. H. de O., Wadt, Lúcia Helena de O., COSTA, P. da   +13 more
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Acute Oral Mammalian Toxicity and Effect of Solvents on Efficacy of Maerua edulis (Gilg. & Ben.) De Wolf against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus Koch, 1844 (Acarina: Ixodidae), Tick Larvae

BioMed Research International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Efficacy and toxicity of aqueous and organic solvents extracts of Maerua edulis against ticks and mice, respectively, were determined. Ground leaves were extracted separately using cold water, cold water plus surfactant (1% v/v liquid soap), hot water plus surfactant, hexane, or methanol to make 25% w/v stock solutions from which serial dilutions of 5,
Emmanuel T. Nyahangare, Brighton M. Mvumi, Tatenda Maramba, Carlos A. N. Ramos   +3 more
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Análise fitoquímica da oleorresina de Copaifera reticulata Ducke [PDF]

Este conjunto de arquivos contém dados sobre as análises fitoquímicas da oleorresina de Copaifera reticulata Ducke. Contém as massas das frações obtidas por hidrodestilação (destilação simples e por aparelho Clevenger), as massas das sub-frações obtidas ...
Frota, Jhéssica Krhistinne Caetano, Carvalho, João Ernesto de   +1 more
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Florística, fitossociologia e estrutura diamétrica de um remanescente florestal no município de Gurupi, Tocantins

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2016
Objetivou-se conhecer a composição florística e fitossociológica da formação florestal cerradão, domínio do Cerrado, Gurupi no estado de Tocantins. Foram demarcadas 2 parcelas de 20x50m2 cada nas quais foram registrados todos os indivíduos arbustivo ...
Marcos Alberto Francisco de Carvalho, Paulo Abdala Bittar, Priscila Bezerra de Souza, Rômullo Quirino de Souza Ferreira   +3 more
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The “Hidden Diversity” of Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil: Diagnosis and Prospects for Conservation and Biological Prospecting

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Increases in ethnobotanical studies and knowledge in recent decades have led to a greater and more accurate interpretation of the overall patterns related to the use of medicinal plants, allowing for a clear identification of some ecological and cultural phenomena.
Deyvson Rodrigues Cavalcanti, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +2 more
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Trans‐β‐Caryophyllene: An Effective Antileishmanial Compound Found in Commercial Copaiba Oil (Copaifera spp.)

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
This study investigated the leishmanicidal activity against Leishmania amazonensis of four commercial oils from Copaifera spp. named as C1, C2, C3, and C4, the sesquiterpene and diterpene pools obtained from distilling C4, and isolated β‐caryophyllene (CAR).
Deivid C. Soares, Nathalya A. Portella, Mônica Freiman de S. Ramos, Antonio C. Siani, Elvira M. Saraiva, Marco Leonti   +5 more
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Identity and relationships of the Arboreal Caatinga among other floristic units of seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) of north‐eastern and Central Brazil

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 2, Issue 2, Page 409-428, February 2012., 2012
Multivariate and geostatisctic analyses showed that the tree species composition of 187 seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) in North‐eastern and Central Brazil varied significantly with both environmental variables and spatial proximity. There is a role for niche‐based control of tree species composition across the SDTFs areas determined primarily ...
Rubens M. Santos, Ary T. Oliveira‐Filho, Pedro V. Eisenlohr, Luciano P. Queiroz, Domingos B. O. S. Cardoso, Maria J. N. Rodal   +5 more
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