Abstract: Garcinia brasiliensis is a tropical tree species of economic importance to local populations in the Amazon and Atlantic forests. The plant propagation of this species occurs mostly through seeds and despite that very little information about seedling emergence and growth is currently available. Here we assessed basic information on the seed and seedling ecophysiology of G. brasiliensis aiming at provi...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to test the phytotoxicity and cytotoxicity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of different structures of Schinus molle L., an ornamental species commonly used in urban afforestation in Brazil, using seeds of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) as its plant model. The extracts were prepared from samples of leaves, inflorescence, green and ripe fruits collected in fields located in Alfen...
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate cytokinin influence during in vitro multiplication stage and activated charcoal in combination with indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) during in vitro rooting of Handroanthus impetiginosus. For in vitro multiplication, nodal segments of shoots obtained from in vitro seedlings establishment were inoculated in Woody Plant Medium (WPM), with and without the following concentrations o...
ABSTRACT Toxic metals have become some of the main abiotic agents that influence the stress of organisms due to their numerous agricultural and industrial uses that result in bioaccumulation and toxicity at different levels, depending on the type and concentration in the environment. Aluminum and lead are present as a result of anthropogenic activities and cause soil contamination and, consequently, pollution e...
Abstract The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of Salicylic acid, 2,4-D and 2-iP on the production of total phenolic and flavonoids as well in the levels of fukugetin and 7-epiclusianone in callus of Garcinia brasiliensis zygotic embryos. For this, Bacupari callus were exposed to different concentrations (0.0; 0.1; 1; 10; 100 µM) of Salicylic acid (SA) in the presence or in the absence of 72 μM 2-iP a...
Byrsonima intermedia A. Juss. é uma planta medicinal e frutífera do Cerrado, cuja propagação convencional é difícil, devido à presença do endocarpo extremamente lignificado. Embora o hipoclorito de sódio (NaOCl) seja amplamente utilizado para a desinfestação superficial, existem poucos relatos de seus efeitos sobre o crescimento do explante. Neste trabalho, o objetivo foi estudar o efeito de diferentes pHs e pe...
Brazil is one of the center of origin of passion fruit and has an important natural variability of the genus Passiflora. Several wild species of this genus are resistant to some pests and diseases and many are considered as medicinal. The aim of this research was to induce callus from in vitro Passiflora gibertiileaf explants for quantification of vitamin C and total phenols. Once the appropriate auxin/cytokine...
A caracterização foliar em árvores é essencial para a sua identificação e utilização, bem como para se compreender as suas relações com o ambiente. Neste trabalho, objetivou-se o estudo da anatomia dos folíolos e das características biométricas das folhas de S. molle em diferentes alturas na copa, em função das modificações ambientais e fisiológicas promovidas. As folhas foram coletadas em três diferentes altur...
Garcinia brasiliensis, popularly known as Bacupari, is native to the Amazon and commonly used in folk medicine for its therapeutic properties. This plant is rich in bioactive compounds like benzophenones. However, there are no works about the in vitro establishment and achievement of secondary metabolites in this plant. Thus, the aim of this work was to determine the growth curve and to perform the biochemical ...
Efluentes de indústrias farmacêuticas veterinárias, que formulam medicamentos, são gerados principalmente durante a lavagem dos equipamentos. O objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar a toxicidade aguda para Daphnia similis e crônica para Ceriodaphnia dubia, dos efluentes brutos e tratados gerados por uma indústria farmacêutica veterinária. O sistema de tratamento de efluentes usado é composto por uma etapa de trat...