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Cadmium toxicity symptoms and uptake mechanism in plants: a review

Braz. j. biol; 84 (), 2024
Cadmium (Cd) is one of non-essential heavy metals which is released into environment naturally or anthropogenically. It is highly persistent toxic metals that are exceptionally distressing industrial and agriculture activities by contaminating soil, water and food. Its long-duration endurance in soil and...

Spontaneous poisoning by Ateleia glazioviana (leg. Papilionoideae) in sheep and goats in the West region of Santa Catarina

Pesqui. vet. bras; 41 (), 2021
This study reported the epidemiological data and the clinical and pathological conditions of spontaneous poisoning by Ateleia glazioviana in sheep and goats in the West region of Santa Catarina. The small ruminants were located in a place where there was a large amount of young plants of A. glazioviana a...

Efecto de bacterias emulsificantes en la atenuación de la fitotoxicidad de suelos contaminados con petróleo intemperizado

Rev. biol. trop; 68 (2), 2020
Introducción: Las plantas y los microorganismos se han utilizado como bioindicadores de la toxicidad inducida por hidrocarburos presentes en los suelos. Objetivo: El presente trabajo evaluó la toxicidad de un Gleysol contaminado de origen con diferentes concentraciones de petróleo intemperizado, recol...

Banisteriopsis caap: acao alucinogena e uso ritual
Banisteriopsis caap: hallucinogenic action and ritual use

Atualmente, um crescente interesse nas praticas rituais indigenas, as quais se utilizavam de plantas com o intuito de se comunicarem com o mundo espiritual tem sido observado. No Brasil, as ceitas religiosas Uniao do Vegetal (UDV) e Santo Daime, frequentemente, fazem uso do cha, preparado a partir das pl...