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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 Rainfall partitioning in secondary forests from southern Chile is relevant in the climate change scenario, in which a 30% reduction in summer precipitation has been projected for the temperate region.
Cristián Frêne +7 more
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Drimendiol, A Drimane Sesquiterpene with Quorum Sensing Inhibition Activity
Natural Product Communications, 2013 Quorum sensing (QS) is a regulatory mechanism that enables bacteria to make collective decisions such as an increase in virulence factors and biofilm production.
Cristian Paz +5 more
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 439-451, March 2026.Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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Molecules, 2018 Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease that is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and represents a serious health problem, especially in Latin America.
Ana Cristina Souza Bombaça +5 more
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Anatomía y desarrollo de estambres y carpelos en Drimys granadensis (Winteraceae)
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2014 La familia Winteraceae ha sido tradicionalmente considerada como de diversificación temprana entre las angiospermas por varios caracteres, entre ellos: flores con muchas partes distribuidas en espiral y ovario apocarpico formado por carpelos de tipo ...
Xavier Marquínez-Casas
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2004 El canelo (Drimys winteri) es un árbol nativo de Chile con propiedades medicinales y sagrado para el pueblo mapuche. Se ha descrito en esta especie la presencia de compuestos químicos con actividad biológica como aceites esenciales, terpenos y ...
DIEGO MUÑOZ-CONCHA +2 more
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Planta Daninha, 2011 El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar el efecto fitotóxico de un extracto obtenido con n-hexano de la corteza de Drimys winteri sobre la germinación y el crecimiento de Convolvulus arvensis, Setaria pumila, Daucus carota y Cichorium intybus ...
N. Zapata, M. Vargas, P. Medina
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Intercolonial Cinnamon: Fashioning Connections from the Eighteenth to Mid‐Nineteenth Centuries
History, Volume 110, Issue 389, Page 49-67, January 2025.Abstract It is well known that the quest for spices fuelled navigational endeavours during early modern history, acting as a gateway to conquest. Historians from the field have often focused on the relations between the colonies and the colonised, but what role did this play in the forging of intercolonial connections? By delving into the allure of one
DANIEL COSTA
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2014 Drimys granadensis es una especie de amplia distribución en los bosques montanos de Sur y Centro América. En esta investigación se estudiaron, mediante microscopía óptica y electrónica de barrido, la estructura, ontogenia, filotaxis y vascularización de ...
Xavier Marquínez
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1128. Nothofagus antarctica (G.Forst.) Oerst
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 573-586, December 2024.Summary Nothofagus antarctica, a native of Central & S. Chile to S. Argentina is illustrated. Its history, habitat and conservation status are described. Notes on collecting its seed in Chile and its cultivation in Europe are given.
Jo Wenham +2 more
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