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Patterns of Tree Species Abundance and Diversity on Urban Sidewalks in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 2, March 2026.This study presents the first systematic inventory of street trees in Macapá, Northeastern Brazilian Amazon. Results reveal a dominance of exotic and fruit‐bearing species, low tree density, and a replacement of large canopy trees by smaller ones, indicating potential losses in ecosystem services and the need for more biodiversity‐focused afforestation
Lorena Antunes Jimenez +8 more
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The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Tannase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes esters and lateral bonds of tannins, such as tannic acid, releasing glucose and gallic acid and stands out in the clarification of wines and juices. Fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium are excellent producers of this enzyme.
Juliana Silva de Lima +7 more
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“Women Enlace”: Interweaving Women to Make Collective Action Possible
Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 554-571, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study engages with the contemporary debate on women's collective action through the lens of commons governance. Drawing on the theory of collective action in the management of common‐pool resources (CPRs) and on feminist ethnography with a group of rural extractivist women in the Cerrado—a vast tropical savanna biome in Brazil's Central ...
Cilene dos Anjos Marcondes
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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants of the Pantanal Region (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Traditional knowledge is an important source of obtaining new phytotherapeutic agents. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants was conducted in Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Chumbo District (NSACD), located in Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil using semi‐structured questionnaires and interviews.
Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski +7 more
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Efeito de diferentes concentrações de AIB na multiplicação in vitro de Hancornia speciosa Gomes.
Ornamental Horticulture, 2007 A mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes), espécie arbórea nativa do Cerrado, apresenta um grande potencial como planta frutífera e na recuperação de áreas degradadas (Vieira Neto, 1994).
Eduardo Bucsan Emrich +5 more
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Hancornia speciosa Gomes (Apocynaceae) as a potential anti-diabetic drug
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2015 The leaves of Hancornia speciosa Gomes are traditionally used to treat diabetes in Brazil. The aim of the study is to evaluate the potential anti-diabetic effect of Hancornia speciosa extract and derived fractions.The ethanolic extract from Hancornia speciosa leaves and chromatographic fractions thereof were evaluated on α-glucosidase assay, on ...
Pereira, Aline C. +6 more
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Brazilian Journal of Development, 2022 A Hancornia speciosa Gomes é uma árvore frutífera que está presente na zona de transição da Floresta Amazônica para o Cerrado e apresenta uma grande importância sócio- cultural. O objetivo deste projeto foi analisar as propriedades físico-químicas e seus compostos bioativas presentes na entrecasca da mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes).
Maria Eduarda Coutinho Da Silva +9 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban‐rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge.
Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida +10 more
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Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2022 Hancornia speciosa Gomes, a native fruit tree, plays an important socio-economic role in Brazil’s traditional communities. The objective was to estimate the genetic structure of 176 individuals from eight locations in the Cerrado, Caatinga and Atlantic ...
Edson Ferreira da Silva +5 more
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Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2008 Este experimento foi executado no Centro de Ciências Agrárias da UFPB, Areia, Estado da Paraíba, com objetivo de avaliar a fertilidade de substratos compostos por diferentes concentrações de fibra de coco (0 a 40%), esterco bovino (0 a 25%), terra ...
Thiago Jardileno Dias +2 more
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