LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Gas exchange and antioxidant activity in seedlings of C opaifera langsdorffii Desf. under different water conditions

ROSA, DEREK B C J; SCALON, SILVANA P Q; CREMON, THAIS; CECCON, FELIPE; DRESCH, DAIANE M.

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (4), 2017

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate gas exchange, efficiency of the photosynthetic apparatus, and antioxidant activity in Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. The seedlings were cultivated under different conditions of water availability, in order to improve the utilization efficiency of available wat...

Antioxidantes/metabolismo, Dióxido de Carbono/metabolismo, Clorofila/metabolismo, Fabaceae/clasificación, Fabaceae/metabolismo, Fabaceae/fisiología, Estomas de Plantas/metabolismo, Distribución Aleatoria, Plantones/metabolismo, Factores de Tiempo, Agua/metabolismo

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The first assessment of the stress inducible defense of Leucaena leucocephala with acaricidal potential effect against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Wanderley, Lêdia Feitosa; Batista, Karla Lílian Rodrigues; Carvalho, Jorgiane Furtado de; Lima, Aldilene da Silva; Landulfo, Gabriel Alves; Soares, Alexandra Martins dos Santos; Costa Junior, Livio Martins.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 26 (2), 2017

Abstract Plants respond to wounding caused by mechanical stress or herbivory by synthesizing defense proteins. There are no studies reporting the action of induced plant proteins against ticks. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mechanically wounded Leucaena leucocephala leaves agains...

Acaricidas/metabolismo, Acaricidas/farmacología, Fabaceae/metabolismo, Larva/efectos de los fármacos, Extractos Vegetales/farmacología, Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo, Rhipicephalus/efectos de los fármacos, Estrés Mecánico

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Compositional studies and biological activities of some mash bean (Vigna mungo (L) Hepper) cultivars commonly consumed in Pakistan

Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad; Ahmad, Shakeel; Bukhari, Shazia Anwer; Amarowicz, Ryszard; Ercisli, Sezai; Jaafar, Hawa ZE.

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014

BACKGROUND: In recent years, the desire to adopt a healthy diet has drawn attention to legume seeds and food products derived from them. Mash bean is an important legume crop used in Pakistan however a systematic mapping of the chemical composition of mash bean seeds is lacking. Therefore seeds of four m...

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