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The ethnomedicinal plant Curatella americana L. (Dilleniaceae) is a common shrub in the Brazilian cerrado, in which crude extract showed antifungal activity in a preliminary study. In this work, the antifungal and cytotoxic properties of the crude extract, fractions, and isolated compounds from C.
Cleyton Eduardo Mendes de Toledo +6 more
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Phenological study on Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville in a cerrado sensu stricto site in the Fazenda Água Limpa, Federal District, Brazil [PDF]
Stryphnodendron adstringens, conhecida como barbatimão, é uma espécie de distribuição geográfica ampla no bioma cerrado, ocorrendo desde o Pará, pelo Planalto Central, até Minas Gerais e São Paulo.
Dias, Benedito José +3 more
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Phytosociology of the Cerrado tree species in nearby sanitary landfill areas [PDF]
Os depósitos de resíduos domiciliares são construídos em áreas adjacentes a fitofisionomias nativas. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram, em áreas adjacentes a aterros e em áreas-controle, realizar e comparar o levantamento da composição das espécies ...
Imaña Encinas, José +1 more
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ABSTRACT Wasps, members of over 90 hymenopteran families, exhibit diverse behaviours, including pollination, predation and parasitism. While wasps are known pollinators in specialised systems, such as the intricate mutualism of fig trees and the deceptive pollination of certain orchids, they have historically been considered ineffective pollinators ...
Beatriz Lopes Monteiro +4 more
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Does Propolis Contain Tannins?
Although polyphenols have been reported as common constituents of propolis, tannins have rarely been mentioned as its constituents. Propolis samples from seven localities in Brazil were analyzed for detection of proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins) and determination of the tannin content.
Marco A. S. Mayworm +6 more
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Avaliação da atividade angiogênica da solução aquosa do barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens) [PDF]
RESUMO O Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens) planta medicinal encontrada no bioma Cerrado apresenta propriedades físico-químicas que lhe garante importantes atividades farmacológicas tais como: anti-inflamatória, analgésica e uma atividade protetora da mucosa gástrica.
CHAVES, D.A +7 more
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Understanding the interrelationships between plant communities and soil attributes in gully erosion can make valuable contributions to strategies focused on the conservation and recovery of degraded areas. Thus, we aimed to evaluate how the composition and structure of different plant communities are affected by soil attributes in a degraded area by ...
Guilherme Resende Corrêa +10 more
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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 +2 more
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Pharmaceutical topical gel containing proanthocyanidin polymers-rich fraction from Stryphnodendron adstringens [PDF]
The stem bark of Stryphnodendron adstringens, popularly known in Brazil as "barbatimao", has many biological activities, including antifungal activity. Considering the increasing interest of using "barbatimao" extract in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis, the aim of this study was to propose a pharmaceutical topical gel containing a proanthocyanidin
Antonio Costa Marco +7 more
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Cerrado strictu sensu woody communities in two land positions in the Brasília Botanic Gaedens Ecologuical Station, Federal District, Brazil [PDF]
A topografia afeta o regime hídrico e propriedades edáficas determinantes da vegetação do cerrado. Este estudo avaliou a distribuição espacial de árvores do cerrado sensu stricto em duas posições topográficas, interflúvio (I) e vale (V) na Estação ...
Sarmento, Thaise Rachel +1 more
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